Displaced Persons (Land settlement) Act, 1958 (Act No. XLVII of 1958). Country/Territory Bangladesh Document type Regulation Date 1958 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to provide for the permanent settlement of displaced persons on land and for matters incidental thereto or connected therewith. Subject Land & soil Keyword Right of use Land tenure Agricultural land Public land Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract The Act provides for land allotment to evacuees, land to be used for agricultural production, pasture, house-building: it entitles the evacuee to the right of using the allotted land and, in those cases when allotments were not conceded prior to the issuing of the present Act, it provides for granting them in those cases when claims are compliant with the law. Full text English