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Status: Active Date of Publication: 22th January, 1951 Act No: EAST BENGAL REGULATION NO. I OF 1951 W HEREAS it is expedient to apply the Sarais Act, 1867 , to the Chittagong Hill-tracts; A ND WHEREAS by sub-section (2) of section 92 of the Government of India Act, 1935, as adapted by the Pakistan (Provisional Constitution) Order, 1947, 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 area, or a partially excluded area; N OW , THEREFORE , the 2 [Government], in exercise of the said powers and all other powers enabling it in that behalf, is pleased to make the following Regulation:-

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Short title and commencement

  1. (1) This Regulation may be called THE CHITTAGONG HILL-TRACTS SARAIS REGULATION, 1951 .
(2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

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Application of Act XXII of 1867 to the Chittagong Hill- tracts

2. The Sarais Act, 1867 , shall apply to the Chittagong Hill-tracts.

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Footnotes

1. The word “Government” was substituted for the words “Governor” by Article 9 of the Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 48 of 1972). 2. The word “Government” was substituted for the words “Provincial Government” by Article 9 of the Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 48 of 1972).
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