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      "footnote_text": "1Throughout this Act, the words “Bangladesh” and “Government” were substituted for the words “East Pakistan”  and “Provincial Government” respectively by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)"
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      "footnote_text": "3Clause (2) was omitted by First Schedule of the East Pakistan Ordinance No. XXVIII of 1960"
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      "footnote_text": "4Clause (5) was omitted by First Schedule of the East Pakistan Ordinance No. XXVIII of 1960"
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      "footnote_text": "5The words and comma “and, in the Dacca Metropolitan Area, by the Police Commissioner” were inserted by section 12 and the Schedule of the Dacca Metropolitan Police (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. LXIX of 1976)"
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      "footnote_text": "6The words “a Metropolitan Area” were substituted for the words “the Dacca Metropolitan Area” by section 114 and the Schedule III of theChittagong Metropolitan Police Ordinance, 1978(Ordinance No. XLVIII of 1978)"
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