Volume 11
THE CHITTAGONG-HILL TRACTS (LAWS) REGULATION, 1952
A Regulation to apply certain enactments to the Chittagong Hill-tracts.
Date of Publication: [ 26th July, 1952 ]
Preamble
WHEREAS it is expedient to apply to the Chittagong Hill-tracts certain enactments specified in the Schedule; AND WHEREAS by sub-section (2) of section 92 of the Government of India Act, 1935, the [1][Government] is empowered to make regulations for the peace and good Government of any area in his Province which is for the time being an excluded, or a partially area; NOW, THEREFORE, the [2][Government], in exercise of the said powers and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, is pleased to make the following Regulation, namely:-Sections/Articles
Short title
- This Regulation may be called the Chittagong Hill- tracts (Laws) Regulation, 1952.
Application of certain enactments to the Chittagong Hill tracts
- The enactment specified in the Schedule annexed hereto shall, subject to the amendments mentioned in the fourth column thereof, apply to the Chittagong Hill-tracts and shall be deemed to have applied to the said tracts with effect from the 21st June, 1949.
Repeal
- The Chittagong Hill-tracts (Laws) Regulation, 1949, is hereby repealed.
Footnotes
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1 The word “Government” was replaced, for the words “Governor” by Article 9 of the Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 48 of 1972). -
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2 The word “Government” was replaced, for the words “Governor of East Bengal” by Article 9 of the Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 48 of 1972).
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