{ "act_title": "The Pesticides Ordinance, 1971", "act_no": "II", "act_year": "1971", "publication_date": "19/07/2025", "sections": [], "footnotes": [ { "footnote_text": "1Throughout this Ordinance, the words “Bangladesh”, “Government” and “Taka” were substituted for the words “Pakistan”, “Central Government” and “rupees” respectively by section 2 of the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Act No. V of 1980)" }, { "footnote_text": "2The word “Agricultural” was omitted by section 2 of the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XXV of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "3The word “Agriculture” was omitted by section 3 of the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XXV of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "4Clause (mm) was inserted by section 2 of The Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. LVII of 2009)." }, { "footnote_text": "5The word and comma “REPACKING,” were inserted by section 4 of the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Act No. V of 1980)." }, { "footnote_text": "6The word and comma “repack,” were inserted by section 5 of the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Act No. V of 1980)" }, { "footnote_text": "7The word and comma “repack,” were inserted by section 6 of the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Act No. V of 1980)" }, { "footnote_text": "8The word and comma “re-packer,” were inserted by section 7 of the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Act No. 5 of 1980)" }, { "footnote_text": "9Sub-section (3) and (4) were added by section 3 of the Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. LVII of 2009)." }, { "footnote_text": "10Section 8A was inserted by section 8 of the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Act No. V of 1980)" }, { "footnote_text": "11Section 10A was inserted by section 9 of the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Act No. V of 1980)" }, { "footnote_text": "12The word “AGRICULTURE” was omitted by section 4 of the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XXV of 1983)." }, { "footnote_text": "13The word “Agriculture” was omitted by section 5 of the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XXV of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "14The words “Government and” were substituted for the words “Central Government or a Provincial Government or” by section 10 of the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Act No. V of 1980" }, { "footnote_text": "15The proviso was omitted by section 10 of the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Act No. V of 1980)" }, { "footnote_text": "16The word “the” was substituted for the word “that” by section 10 of the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Act No. V of 1980)" }, { "footnote_text": "17The word “Government” was substituted for the words “Central Government or a Provincial Government” by section 11 of the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Act No. V of 1980)" }, { "footnote_text": "18The word “Government” was substituted for the words “Central Government or a Provincial Government” by section 11 of the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Act No. V of 1980)" }, { "footnote_text": "19The words \" fifty thousand \" were substituted for the words \" one thousand \" by section 4 of the Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. LVII of 2009)." }, { "footnote_text": "20The words \" seventy five thousand \" were substituted for the words \" tow thousand \" by section 4 of the Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. LVII of 2009)." }, { "footnote_text": "21The words \" one lac \" were substituted for the words \" three thousand \" by section 4 of the Pesticides (Amendment) Act,2009 (Act No. LVII of 2009)." }, { "footnote_text": "22The words \" two years \" were substituted for the words \" one year \" by section 4 of the Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. LVII of 2009)." }, { "footnote_text": "23The words \"fifty thousand\" were substituted for the words \"one thousand\" by section 5 of the Pesticides (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009 (Act No. LVII of 2009)." }, { "footnote_text": "24The word \" or \" was added at the end of clause (c) and thereafter clause (d) was inserted by section 6 of the Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. LVII of 2009)." }, { "footnote_text": "25The words \" seventy five thousand \" were substituted for the words \" two thousand and five hundred \" by section 6 of the Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. LVII of 2009)." }, { "footnote_text": "26The words \" one lac \" were substituted for the words \" five thousand \" by section 6 of the Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. LVII of 2009)." }, { "footnote_text": "27The word “Agriculture” was omitted by section 6 of the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XXV of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "28Clause (dd) was inserted by section 12 of the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Act No. V of 1980)" }, { "footnote_text": "29The words “in agriculture” were omitted by section 6 of the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XXV of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "30The words “in agriculture” were omitted by section 6 of the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XXV of 1983)" }, { "footnote_text": "31The words “equipments for application” were substituted for the word “means” by section 12 of the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Act No. V of 1980)" }, { "footnote_text": "32The words “in agriculture” were omitted by section 6 of the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XXV of 1983)" } ], "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-364.html", "fetch_timestamp": "2025-07-19 02:13:51", "csv_metadata": { "act_title_from_csv": "The Pesticides Ordinance, 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