{ "act_title": "The Jute Ordinance, 1962", "act_no": "LXXIV", "act_year": "1962", "publication_date": "19/07/2025", "sections": [], "footnotes": [ { "footnote_text": "1Throughout this Ordinance, the word “Bangladesh” was substituted for the word “Pakistan”, and the word “Central” was omitted by section 2 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XVI of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "2Clause (a) was omitted by section 3 of the Jute (Amendment) Act, 1974 (Act No. XLIX of 1974)" }, { "footnote_text": "3Clause (c) was substituted by section 4 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XVI of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "4Clause (e) was omitted by section 4 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XVI of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "5The words “or any other device” were inserted by section 4 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XVI of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "6The words “One hundred and fifty kilograms” were substituted for the words “four maunds” by section 2 of The Jute (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. LXII of 2009)." }, { "footnote_text": "7Clauses (m) and (n) were omitted by section 4 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XVI of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "8Clause (o) was substituted by section 4 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XVI of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "9The words and figures “weighing 182.25 kilograms including 2.25 kilograms binding ropes of same quality jute” were substituted for the words and figures “weighing 150 kilograms including 2.25 kilograms binding ropes of same quality jute” by section 2 of the Jute (Amendment) Act, 2010." }, { "footnote_text": "10Section 4 was substituted by section 5 of the Jute (Amendment) Act, 1974 (Act No. XLIX of 1974)" }, { "footnote_text": "11The words “traders and owners of kutcha and pucca presses” were substituted for the words “dealers and to occupiers of godowns and of kutcha and pucca presses and to jute mills” by section 5 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XVI of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "12The words “business in jute and jute manufacture” were substituted for the words “business in jute” by section 6 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XVI of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "13The second proviso was omitted by section 6 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XVI of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "14The words “traders and owners of ” were substituted for the words “dealers and occupiers of jute mills, godowns and” by section 5 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XVI of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "15Section 8A was inserted by section 4 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1963 (Ordinance No. VII of 1963)" }, { "footnote_text": "16The words, brackets, figures and comma “sub-section (1) of section 8 of theAcquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Ordinance, 1982(II of 1982)” were substituted for the words, brackets, figures and commas “sub-section (1) of section 23 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894,” by section 7 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XVI of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "17The word “trader” was substituted for the word “dealer” by section 8 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XVI of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "18The word “traders” was substituted for the word “dealers” by section 8 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XVI of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "19Section 13A was inserted by section 5 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1963 (Ordinance No. VII of 1963)" }, { "footnote_text": "20The word “trader” was substituted for the word “dealer” by section 9 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XVI of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "21The word “traders” was substituted for the word “dealers” by section 9 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XVI of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "22The word “trader” was substituted for the word “dealer” by section 9 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XVI of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "23The word “traders” was substituted for the word “dealers” by section 9 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XVI of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "24The words “or the Provincial Government” were omitted by section 10 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XVI of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "25The words “or a Provincial Government” were omitted by section 10 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XVI of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "26Section 14A was inserted by section 7 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1963 (Ordinance No. VII of 1963)" }, { "footnote_text": "27Section 16 was substituted by section 8 of the Jute (Amendment) Act, 1974 (Act No. XLIX of 1974)" }, { "footnote_text": "28The words “or the Board” were omitted by section 9 of the Jute (Amendment) Act, 1974 (Act No. XLIX of 1974)" }, { "footnote_text": "29The words “or the Board” were omitted by section 9 of the Jute (Amendment) Act, 1974 (Act No. XLIX of 1974)" }, { "footnote_text": "30Section 20A was inserted by section 9 of the Jute (Amendment) Ordinance, 1963 (Ordinance No. VII of 1963)" }, { "footnote_text": "31The words “the Board or” were omitted by section 10 of the Jute (Amendment) Act, 1974 (Act No. XLIX of 1974)" }, { "footnote_text": "32The words “or the Board” were omitted by section 10 of the Jute (Amendment) Act, 1974 (Act No. XLIX of 1974)" }, { "footnote_text": "33Sub-section (2) was substituted by section 10 of the Jute (Amendment) Act, 1974 (Act No. XLIX of 1974)" } ], "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-325.html", "fetch_timestamp": "2025-07-19 02:12:58", "csv_metadata": { "act_title_from_csv": "The Jute Ordinance, 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