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Sports Control Board” were substituted for the words “Bangladesh Sports Council” by section 5 of the Bangladesh Sports Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. XXXV of 1976)" }, { "footnote_text": "6Sections 4 and 5 were substituted by section 6 of the Bangladesh Sports Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. XXXV of 1976)" }, { "footnote_text": "7Clause (b) was omitted by section 3 of the National Sports Control Board (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. LIII of 1978)" }, { "footnote_text": "8The words “Cultural Affairs and Sports” were substituted for the words and brackets “Education (Cultural Affairs and Sports Division)” by section 3 of the National Sports Control Board (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. LIII of 1978)" }, { "footnote_text": "9The words “Cultural Affairs and Sports” were substituted for the word “Education” by section 4 of the National Sports Control Board (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. LIII of 1978)" }, { "footnote_text": "10Sections 7, 8 and 9 were substituted by section 8 of the Bangladesh Sports Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. XXXV of 1976)" }, { "footnote_text": "11Section 7 was substituted by section 5 of the National Sports Control Board (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. LIII of 1978)" }, { "footnote_text": "12Section 11 was substituted by section 9 of the Bangladesh Sports Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. XXXV of 1976)" }, { "footnote_text": "13Clause (c) was omitted by section 7 of the National Sports Control Board (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. LIII of 1978)" }, { "footnote_text": "14The words “Cultural Affairs and Sports” were substituted for the words and brackets “Education (Cultural Affairs and Sports Division)” by section 7 of the National Sports Control Board (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. LIII of 1978)" }, { "footnote_text": "15The words “and Secretary” were substituted for the comma and words “, General Secretary and Treasurer” by section 7 of the National Sports Control Board (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. LIII of 1978)" }, { "footnote_text": "16The words “and Secretary” were substituted for the comma and words “, General Secretary and Treasurer” by section 7 of the National Sports Control Board (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. LIII of 1978)" }, { "footnote_text": "17Sub-sections (4) and (4A) were substituted for former sub-section (4) by section 10 of the Bangladesh Sports Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. XXXV of 1976)" }, { "footnote_text": "18The words “National Sports Control Board Fund” were substituted for the words “Sports Council Fund” by section 11 of the Bangladesh Sports Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. XXXV of 1976)" }, { "footnote_text": "19The words “National Sports Control Board Fund” were substituted for the words “Sports Council Fund” by section 11 of the Bangladesh Sports Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. XXXV of 1976)" }, { "footnote_text": "20Sections 20 and 20A were substituted for former section 20 by section 12 of the Bangladesh Sports Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. XXXV of 1976)" }, { "footnote_text": "21The words and commas “ and organization affiliated, time to time, by the Council” were inserted by section 2 of the National Sports Council (Amendment) Act.2011 (Act No.2 of 2011)." }, { "footnote_text": "22The words and commas “who shall be elected according to prescribed rules or, as the case may be, nominated by the Government” were substituted for the words “who shall be appointed by the Government” by section 2 of the National Sports Council (Amendment) Act, 2003 (Act No. XII of 2003)" }, { "footnote_text": "23The words “except the Dacca Stadia” were omitted by section 2 of the National Sports Control Board (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. LXXI of 1976)" }, { "footnote_text": "24The words “except those of the Dacca Stadia” were omitted by section 2 of the National Sports Control Board (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. LXXI of 1976)" } ], "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-478.html", "fetch_timestamp": "2025-07-19 02:16:20", "csv_metadata": { "act_title_from_csv": "The National Sports Council Act, 1974 [Repealed]", "act_no_from_csv": "LVII", "act_year_from_csv": "1974", "is_repealed": true }, "token_count": 820, "language": "unknown", "government_context": { "govt_system": "Parliamentary Democracy", "position_head_govt": "Prime Minister", "head_govt_name": "Sheikh Mujibur Rahman", "head_govt_designation": "Prime Minister of Bangladesh", "how_got_power": "Democratic election (1973)", "period_years": "1973-1975", "years_in_power": 2 }, "processing_info": { "processed_timestamp": "2025-07-19 19:33:22", 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