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# 1 The Districts Act, 1836

**Status:** Active

**Date of Publication:** 11th September, 1836

**Act No:** XXI OF 1836

### Power to create new Districts

It shall be lawful for the <sup><a id="fnref-2" href="#fn-2">2</a></sup> \[\*\*\*] Government, by notification in the official Gazette, to create new districts in any part of Bangladesh. <sup><a id="fnref-3" href="#fn-3">3</a></sup> \[Government may, from time to time, alter the limits of the existing districts in any part of Bangladesh].

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### Footnotes

<a id="fn-1" />**1.** The word “BENGAL” was omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the [Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973](/laws/act-430 "Act 430") (Act No. VIII of 1973).

<a id="fn-2" />**2.** The word “Provincial” was omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the [Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973](/laws/act-430 "Act 430") (Act No. VIII of 1973)

<a id="fn-3" />**3.** The second paragraph was added by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the [Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973](/laws/act-430 "Act 430") (Act No. VIII of 1973)

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  Click [here](http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-1.html) to see the original act on the Bangladesh Legal Database.
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