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Status: Active Date of Publication: 13th June, 1956 Act No: EAST PAKISTAN REGULATION NO. II OF 1956 WHEREAS it is expedient to apply to the Chittagong Hill- tracts certain enactments relating to cotton ginning and cotton pressing factories, collection of industrial statistics and employment in industrial establishments; AND WHEREAS by clause (3) of Article 103 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the 1 [Government] is empowered to make regulations for the peace and good Government of the excluded area; NOW, Therefore, the 2 [Government] in exercise of the said power and all other powers enabling it in this behalf, is pleased to make the following Regulation, namely:-

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Short title and commencement

1. (1) This Regulation may be called the Chittagong Hill- tracts (Industrial Laws) Regulation, 1956. (2) It shall come into force at once.

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Application of certain Acts to the Chittagong Hill- tracts

2. The enactments specified in the Schedule below shall, subject to modification mentioned in the fourth column thereof, 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 replaced, for the words “Governor of East Pakistan” by Article 9 of the Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 48 of 1972).
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