Cotton Ginning and Pressing Act, 1957 (East Pakistan Act No. XIII of 1957). Country/Territory Bangladesh Document type Legislation Date 1957 (1973) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to provide for powers to regulate charges for ginning and pressing of cotton, to requisition factories for storing of cotton and to enforce any agreement for the purchase and sale of cotton. Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Textile plants/fibres Crops/grasses Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract This Act regulates the purchase and sale of cotton and the charges to be made for the ginning and pressing of cotton. Full text English Website bdlaws.gov.bd