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  "act_title": "The Eye Surgery (Restriction) Ordinance, 1960",
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  "act_year": "1960",
  "publication_date": "19/07/2025",
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    {
      "section_content": "1. (1) This Ordinance may be called theEye Surgery (Restriction) Ordinance, 1960.(2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh.(3) It shall come into force at once."
    },
    {
      "section_content": "2. In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context-(1)\t“complete blindness” means absence of sight through total loss of perception of light in both eyes;(2)\t“eye surgery” means any surgical operation performed on or in relation to the eye by means of any instrument of whatever kind;(3)\t“partial blindness” means  total loss of perception of light in one eye or sub-total loss of perception of light in both eyes resulting in restriction of visual field and acuity; and(4)\t“registered medical practitioner” means a person who is, for the time being, registered under any law relating to the  registration of medical practitioners in Bangladesh."
    },
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      "section_content": "3. (1) Any person, not being a registered medical practitioner, who performs eye surgery upon another, whether with or without the latter's consent, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, and with fine which may extend to one thousand taka.(2) The term of imprisonment under sub-section (1) may extend-(a)\tto three years, if the offence results in partial blindness, and(b)\tto seven years , if the offence results in complete blindness."
    },
    {
      "section_content": "4. Any person not being a registered medical practitioner who practises, or holds himself out, whether directly or by implication, as practising, or as being prepared to practise, eye surgery shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, and with fine which may extend to five hundred taka."
    },
    {
      "section_content": "5. An offence punishable under sub-section (1) of section 3 or under section 4 shall be a cognizable offence for the purposes of theCode of Criminal Procedure, 1898, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained therein."
    },
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      "section_content": "6. No court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the first class shall try any offence punishable under this Ordinance."
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      "footnote_text": "1Throughout this Ordinance, the words “Bangladesh” and “taka” were substituted for the words “Pakistan” and “rupees” 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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