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The Civil Procedure Code 1908 was published on March 21, 1908, and came into effect on January 1, 1909. It is Act No. 5 of 1908 and is a procedural law. This law initially had 158 sections and 51 orders, but after revisions in 1914 and 1973, the last three sections (156, 157, and 158) were repealed, and in 1949, the last order (151) was also repealed, leaving it with 155 sections and 150 orders currently.
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The Specific Relief Act was formulated and published in 1877, and it came into effect from May 1, 1877. It is Act No. 1 of 1877 and contains a total of 57 sections. It is a substantive law
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The Criminal Procedure Code was published on March 22, 1898, and came into effect on July 1, 1898. It is Act No. 5 of 1898 and is a procedural law. It contains 5 schedules and 565 sections. The provision related to Judicial Magistrates was added in 2007.
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The Penal Code was published on October 6, 1860, and came into effect on January 1, 1862, as the 'Penal Code, 1860'. This is Act No. 45 of that year. It is a substantive law. It currently contains 511 sections. This law describes the definition of offenses and the provisions regarding punishment for crimes.
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The Evidence Act was published on March 15, 1872, and came into effect on September 1, 1872. It is Act No. 1 of 1872 and contains 167 sections. It is a procedural law.
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The Limitation Act was published on August 7, 1908, and came into effect on January 1, 1909. It is Act No. 9 of 1908, containing a total of 29 sections, 1 schedule with 183 articles. The Limitation Act is a procedural law.
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Bangladesh Bar Council is a statutory autonomous body. It was established by the Bangladesh Legal Practitioners and Bar Council Order, 1972 (Presidential Order No. 46 of 1972). Under sub-section (1) of Article 40 of this Order, the Bar Council can, with prior approval of the government, make rules through gazette notifications to carry out its functions in certain specified matters.
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