Bangladesh-Legal-Acts-Dataset / acts /act-print-490.json
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{
"act_title": "The Bangladesh Laws (Amendment) Act, 1975",
"act_no": "XIII",
"act_year": "1975",
"publication_date": "19/07/2025",
"sections": [
{
"section_content": "1. (1) This Act may be called theBangladesh Laws (Amendment) Act, 1975.(2) It shall be deemed to have taken effect on the 25th day of January, 1975."
},
{
"section_content": "2. In theCadet College Ordinance, 1964(E. P. Ordinance II of 1964), in section 4A, in clause (a), for the words and comma “Prime Minister, Government” the word “President” shall be substituted."
},
{
"section_content": "3. In theBangladesh Special (Remuneration and Privileges) Order, 1972(P. O. No. 49 of 1972),-(a) \tin the preamble, in the first paragraph, for the words “Ministers of the Cabinet” the words “Members of the Council of Ministers” shall be substituted; and(b)\tin Article 2, for clause (b) the following shall be substituted, namely:-“(b)\t“Minister” means a member of the Council of Ministers and includes a Minister of State and a Deputy Minister but does not include the Prime Minister;”."
},
{
"section_content": "4. In theBangladesh (Whips) Order, 1972(P. O. No. 64 of 1972),-(a)\tin Article 3, in clause (4), for the words “Prime Minister” the word “President” shall be substituted; and(b)\tArticle 6 shall be omitted."
},
{
"section_content": "5. In theBangladesh (Freedom Fighters) Welfare Trust Order, 1972(P. O. No. 94 of 1972), in Article 7, in clause (1), in sub-clause (a), the words “nominated by the Prime Minister” shall be omitted."
},
{
"section_content": "6. In the Bangladesh Local Government (Union Parishad and Paurashava) Order, 1973 (P. O. No. 22 of 1973), in the preamble,-(a)\tthe first paragraph shall be omitted; and(b)\tin the second paragraph, the word “AND” shall be omitted."
},
{
"section_content": "7. In thePublic Servants (Retirement) Act, 1974(XII of 1974), in section 5, in sub-section (3), for the words “Prime Minister” the word “President” shall be substituted."
},
{
"section_content": "8. The Political Parties Act, 1962 (III of 1962), the Representation of the People (Supplementary) Order, 1973 (P. O. No. 8 of 1973), and the Bangladesh Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 1975 (Ord. No. XIII of 1975), are hereby repealed."
}
],
"footnotes": [],
"copyright_info": {
"copyright_text": "Copyright©2019, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs DivisionMinistry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs"
},
"source_url": "http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-print-490.html",
"fetch_timestamp": "2025-07-19 02:16:30",
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"language": "english",
"government_context": {
"govt_system": "Military Rule",
"position_head_govt": "President",
"head_govt_name": "Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem",
"head_govt_designation": "President (Military-backed)",
"how_got_power": "Military coup/counter-coup",
"period_years": "1975-1977",
"years_in_power": 2
},
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"processed_timestamp": "2025-07-19 19:33:22",
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"legal_context_timestamp": "2025-07-19 20:26:27",
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"year_standardization_timestamp": "2025-07-19 20:36:05",
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"token_count_update_timestamp": "2025-07-19 20:56:10",
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"period_info": {
"period_name": "Early Independent Bangladesh",
"year_range": "1971-1975",
"act_year": 1975
},
"legal_framework": {
"primary_laws": [
"Laws Continuance Enforcement Order 1971",
"Constitution of Bangladesh 1972"
],
"court_system": [
"Supreme Court with High Court and Appellate Divisions",
"Subordinate Courts"
],
"legal_basis": "Secular constitutional democracy with British-inherited laws",
"enforcement_mechanism": "Independent judiciary and civil courts"
},
"government_system": {
"type": "Parliamentary Democracy",
"structure": "Westminster-style parliamentary system",
"revenue_collection": "National taxation system",
"administrative_units": [
"Divisions",
"Districts",
"Thanas",
"Unions"
]
},
"policing_system": {
"law_enforcement": "Bangladesh Police (continuing Police Act 1861)",
"military_police": "Bangladesh Army and security forces",
"jurisdiction": "National police force"
},
"land_relations": {
"tenure_system": "Continuation of 1950 Act with modifications",
"property_rights": "Constitutional property rights",
"revenue_system": "State land revenue collection",
"peasant_status": "Land ceiling laws and redistribution efforts"
},
"key_characteristics": [
"Secular constitution with four principles",
"Continuation of colonial-era laws",
"War crimes tribunals establishment",
"Nationalization policies",
"Special Powers Act 1974"
],
"context_added_timestamp": "2025-07-19 20:26:27"
}
}