Culturable Waste Land (Utilization) Ordinance, 1959 (E.P Ordinance XIII of 1959). Country/Territory Bangladesh Document type Legislation Date 1959 (1973) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Land tenure Land consolidation Tax/levy Agricultural development Agricultural land Use restrictions Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract This Ordinance rules that land that has not been cultivated for at least two years shall be reclaimed by the Collector for a period not longer than one year from the initial declaration of acquisition, who can lease it to anybody for cultivating crops (food crops as per art. 2, clause ii). If the owner of the reclaimed land wants it back, he must notify his decision to the Collector no later than three months before the one-year expiration date, including the deposit of 50 TK/acre. But if the same owner does not farm and harvest crops, both the money and the land shall be confiscated by the Government. Full text English Website bdlaws.gov.bd