{ "act_title": "The Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation Act, 1957", "act_no": "XVII", "act_year": "1957", "publication_date": "19/07/2025", "sections": [], "footnotes": [ { "footnote_text": "1The words “small and cottage industries in Bangladesh” were substituted for the words “small and cottage industries in East Pakistan” by Article 2 of the Small Industries Corporation (Amendment) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 156 of 1972)" }, { "footnote_text": "2Sub-section (1) was substituted by Article 3 of the Small Industries Corporation (Second Amendment) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 156 of 1972)" }, { "footnote_text": "3The word “Bangladesh” was substituted for the words “East Pakistan” by section 3 of the Bangladesh Small Industries Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. XXXIV of 1976)" }, { "footnote_text": "4Clause (bb) was inserted by section 2 of the East Pakistan Small Industries Corporation (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1970 (East Pakistan Ordinance No. XVII of 1970)" }, { "footnote_text": "5Clause (cc) was substituted by section 2 of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1990 (Act No. LVII of 1990)" }, { "footnote_text": "6Clause (d) was omitted by section 4 of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1975 (Act No. XXIII of 1975)" }, { "footnote_text": "7Clause (dd) was inserted by section 2 of the East Pakistan Small Industries Corporation (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1970 (East Pakistan Ordinance No. XVII of 1970)" }, { "footnote_text": "8The words, brackets, figures and comma “clause (1) of Article 37 of theBangladesh Bank Order, 1972(P.O. No. 127 of 1972)” were substituted for the words, brackets, figures and comma “sub-section (1) of section 37 of the State Bank of Pakistan Act, 1956” by section 4 of the Bangladesh Small Industries Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. XXXIV of 1976)" }, { "footnote_text": "9Clause (g) was substituted by section 4 of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1975 (Act No. XXIII of 1975)" }, { "footnote_text": "10The word “excluding” was substituted for the word “including” by section 2 of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1990 (Act No. LVII of 1990)" }, { "footnote_text": "11Clause (h) was omitted by section 4 of the Bangladesh Small Industries Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. XXXIV of 1976)" }, { "footnote_text": "12The word “Taka” was substituted for the word “Rs” by section 5 of the Bangladesh Small Industries Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. XXXIV of 1976)" }, { "footnote_text": "13Section 7 was substituted by section 4 of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1990 (Act No. LVII of 1990)" }, { "footnote_text": "14The words “the Republic” were substituted for the word “Pakistan” by section 8 of the Bangladesh Small Industries Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. XXXIV of 1976)" }, { "footnote_text": "15Sub-section (2) was substituted by section 6 of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1990 (Act No. LVII of 1990)" }, { "footnote_text": "16The commas and words “, with prior approval of the Government,” were omitted by section 7 of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1990 (Act No. LVII of 1990)" }, { "footnote_text": "17Sub-section (1) was substituted by section 6 of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1975 (Act No. XXIII of 1975)" }, { "footnote_text": "18Sub-section (3) was added by section 8 of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1990 (Act No. LVII of 1990)" }, { "footnote_text": "19Sections 24A and 24AA were substituted for section 24A by section 10 of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1990 (Act No. LVII of 1990)" }, { "footnote_text": "20The words “Corporation shall implement industrial policy of the Government in respect of small and cottage industries and” were substituted for the words “Corporation shall” by section 9 of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1990 (Act No. LVII of 1990)" }, { "footnote_text": "21The words “small and cottage industries” were substituted for the words “cottage and small industries in East Pakistan” by Article 2 of the Small Industries Corporation (Amendment) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 156 of 1972)" }, { "footnote_text": "22The semi-colon (;) was substituted for the full stop (.) and clauses (g) to (o) were added by section 9 of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1990 (Act No. LVII of 1990)" }, { "footnote_text": "23Sub-section (3) was substituted by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act VIII of 1973)" }, { "footnote_text": "24The figures, brackets, letter, words and comma “2(j) of the Financial Institutions Act, 1993 (Act 27 of 1993)” were substituted for the words, figures, brackets, letter and comma by “section 50(c) of theBangladesh Bank Order, 1972(President’s Order No. 127 of 1972)” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act VIII of 1973)" }, { "footnote_text": "25Section 26A was inserted by section 12 of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1990 (Act No. LVII of 1990)" }, { "footnote_text": "26The words, comma, figures and brackets “Companies Act, 1994 (Act 18 of 1994)” were substituted for the words, comma, figures and brackets “Companies Act, 1913 (VII of 1913)” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" }, { "footnote_text": "27The words “and the Government of Pakistan” were omitted by section 9 of the Bangladesh Small Industries Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. XXXIV of 1976)" }, { "footnote_text": "28Section 34 was substituted by Article 2 of the Small Industries Corporation (Amendment) Order, 1972 (President’s Order. No. 109 of 1972)" }, { "footnote_text": "29The words “High Court Division” were substituted for the words “High Court” by section 10 of the Bangladesh Small Industries Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. XXXIV of 1976)" }, { "footnote_text": "30The words “High Court Division” were substituted for the words “High Court” by section 10 of the Bangladesh Small Industries Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. XXXIV of 1976)" }, { "footnote_text": "31The words, commas and figure “Bangladesh Chartered Accountants Order, 1973,” were substituted for the words, commas and figure “Chartered Accountants Ordinance, 1961,” by section 11 of the Bangladesh Small Industries Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. XXXIV of 1976)" }, { "footnote_text": "32The word “Parliament” was substituted for the words “Provincial Legislature” by Article 6 of the Small and Industries Corporation (Second Amendment) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 156 of 1972)" }, { "footnote_text": "33The word “employee” was substituted for the word “servant” by section 15 of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1990 (Act No. LVII of 1990)" }, { "footnote_text": "34The word “employee” was substituted for the word “servant” by section 16 of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1990 (Act No. LVII of 1990)" }, { "footnote_text": "35Section 42A was inserted by section 9 of the East Pakistan Small Industries Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 1970 (East Pakistan Ordinance No. III of 1970)" }, { "footnote_text": "36The word “Pakistan” was omitted by section 12 of the Bangladesh Small Industries Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. XXXIV of 1976)" }, { "footnote_text": "37The words, comma, figures and brackets “Income-tax Ordinance, 1984(XXXVI of 1984)” were substituted for the words, comma, figures and brackets “Income-Tax Act, 1922 (XI of 1922)” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act VIII of 1973)" }, { "footnote_text": "38The words “twenty thousand taka” were substituted for the words “two thousand taka” by section 17 of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1990 (Act No. LVII of 1990)" }, { "footnote_text": "39The words “ten thousand taka” were substituted for the words “one thousand taka” by section 17 of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1990 (Act No. LVII of 1990)" }, { "footnote_text": "40Clause (a) was omitted by section 13 of the Bangladesh Small Industries Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. XXXIV of 1976)" }, { "footnote_text": "41The words “and of the Executive Committee” were omitted by section 13 of the Bangladesh Small Industries Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. XXXIV of 1976)" } ], "copyright_info": { "copyright_text": "Copyright©2019, Legislative and Parliamentary 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