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Displaced Persons (Land settlement) Act, 1958 (Act No. XLVII of 1958).

Country/Territory
Bangladesh
Document type
Regulation
Date
1958
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An 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