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  "act_title": "THE CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS PETROLEUM REGULATION, 1957",
  "act_no": "REGULATION",
  "act_year": "1957",
  "publication_date": "19/07/2025",
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    {
      "section_content": "1. (1) This Regulation may be called the Chittagong Hill-tracts Petroleum Regulation, 1957.(2) It shall come into force at once."
    },
    {
      "section_content": "2. ThePetroleum Act, 1934, shall apply to the Chittagong Hill-tracts, subject to the amendments shown below:-AMENDMENTS.In section 1, sub-section (3) shall beomitted.In section 2-(I) forclause (d), the following shall besubstituted,namely:-“(d) “to transport” petroleum means to move petroleum from one place in3[Bangladesh] to another in the Chittagong Hill-tracts andvice versa,and includes moving petroleum from one place to another within the area of the Chittagong Hill tracts.”(ii) for clause (e), the following shall be substituted, namely:-“(e) “to import” petroleum means to bring it within the area of the Chittagong Hill-tracts.”"
    },
    {
      "section_content": "3. In section 28, the words, figures and commas “unless section 8 of the Coroner’s Act, 1871, is applicable to the circumstances,” shall be omitted."
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    {
      "footnote_text": "1The word \"Government\" was replaced, for the words \"Governor\" by Article 9 of theBangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972(President's Order No. 48 of 1972)."
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      "footnote_text": "2The word \"Government\" was replaced, for the words \"Governor of East Bengal\" by Article 9 of theBangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972(President's Order No. 48 of 1972)."
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      "footnote_text": "3The word \"Bangladesh\" was replaced for the words \"East Pakistan\" by Article 5 of theBangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972(President's Order No. 48 of 1972)."
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    "copyright_text": "Copyright©2019, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs DivisionMinistry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs"
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