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Laws of Bangladesh

This comprehensive index contains all Bangladeshi laws organized by volume, covering legislation from 1799 to 2025. Each volume represents a chronological collection of acts, ordinances, and regulations enacted during specific periods.

Overview

The Laws of Bangladesh are systematically organized into 56 volumes, containing thousands of legal documents including: - Acts - Primary legislation passed by Parliament - Ordinances - Executive orders with legal force - Regulations - Administrative rules and procedures - Constitutional Documents - Including the Constitution of 1972

Volume Index

Historical Volumes (1799-1986)

Volume Period Description
Volume 1 Regulation V of 1799 to Act No. I of 1872 Early colonial legislation
Volume 2 Act No. III of 1872 to Act No. II of 1882 Late colonial period
Volume 3 Act No. IV of 1882 to Act No. III of 1898 Administrative reforms
Volume 4 Act No. V of 1898 to Act No. II of 1899 Turn of century laws
Volume 5 Act No. IV of 1899 to Act No. V of 1908 Early 20th century
Volume 6 Act No. VI of 1908 to Act No. VI of 1913 Pre-WWI legislation
Volume 7 Act No. II of 1914 to Act No. XXVI of 1925 WWI and post-war period
Volume 8 Act No. XXXIX of 1925 to Act No. XIV of 1936 Inter-war period
Volume 9 Act No. I of 1937 to Ordinance No. VII of 1941 Pre-WWII legislation
Volume 10 Bengal Act No. IV of 1942 to E. B. Act No. XXVIII of 1951 WWII and partition period
Volume 11 Act No. II of 1951 to Act No. XXXVIII of 1957 Early Pakistan period
Volume 12 E.P. Act No. XV of 1957 to Ordinance No. XXXV of 1961 East Pakistan legislation
Volume 13 Ordinance No. XLV of 1961 to E. P. Ordinance No. VIII of 1963 Political transition
Volume 14 E. P. Act No. IX of 1964 to A. P. O. No. 3 of 1971 Pre-independence
Volume 15 The Constitution of 1972 to P. O. No. 76 of 1972 Independence & Constitution
Volume 16 P.O. No. 77 of 1972 to Act No. VII of 1973 Early independence
Volume 17 Act No. VIII of 1973 to Act No. XXXI of 1973 Nation building
Volume 18 Act No. XXXIII of 1973 to Act No. XXV of 1974 Institutional development
Volume 19 Act No. XXVI of 1974 to Ordinance No. L of 1976 Political changes
Volume 20 Ordinance No. LII of 1976 to Ordinance No. LXIII of 1977 Military rule period
Volume 21 Ordinance No. II of 1978 to Act No. XXII of 1980 Constitutional changes
Volume 22 Act No. XXIII of 1980 to Ordinance No. VIII of 1982 Democratic transition
Volume 23 Ordinance No. XII of 1982 to Ordinance No. XXVI of 1983 Administrative reforms
Volume 24 Ordinance No. XXVII of 1983 to Ordinance No. LV of 1983 Legal modernization
Volume 25 Ordinance No. LVI of 1983 to Ordinance No. XXXVI of 1984 Economic legislation
Volume 26 Act No. XXXVII of 1984 to Act No. LXIV of 1986 Development period

Modern Era (1987-2025)

Volume Period Description
Volume 27 ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§­ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ⧍ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§¯ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§Šā§­ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Political stability
Volume 28 ⧧⧝⧝ā§Ļ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ⧝ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ⧧⧝⧝⧧ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ⧍⧧ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Democratic restoration
Volume 29 ⧧⧝⧝⧧ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ⧍⧍ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ā§§ā§¯ā§¯ā§Š āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§§ā§Ž āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Parliamentary system
Volume 30 ā§§ā§¯ā§¯ā§Š āϏāύ⧇āϰ ⧧⧝ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ⧧⧝⧝ā§Ē āϏāύ⧇āϰ ⧍ā§Ŧ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Constitutional amendments
Volume 31 ⧧⧝⧝ā§Ģ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ā§§ā§¯ā§¯ā§Ž āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§Ž āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Economic liberalization
Volume 32 ā§§ā§¯ā§¯ā§Ž āϏāύ⧇āϰ ⧧⧍ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ⧧⧝ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Millennium transition
Volume 33 ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ⧍ā§Ļ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§§ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§Šā§Ļ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ New millennium laws
Volume 34 ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§§ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§Šā§§ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§§ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§Ēā§Ģ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Political transition
Volume 35 ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§§ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§Ēā§Ŧ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Š āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§Šā§§ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Administrative reforms
Volume 36 ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļ⧃ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§Šā§¨ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ģ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§¨ā§Ž āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Legal modernization
Volume 37 ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ŧ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§Ŧ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ā§Šā§¯ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Democratic governance
Volume 38 ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ŧ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§Ēā§Ļ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ā§Ēā§Ž āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Emergency period
Volume 39 ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļ⧝ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§§āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ā§Ŧā§Ŧ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Major reform period
Volume 40 ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ļ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§§āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ā§Ŧā§ŠāύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Economic development
Volume 41 ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§§ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ā§¨ā§Š āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Constitutional changes
Volume 42 ⧍ā§Ļ⧧⧍ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§§āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ā§Ē⧝ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Legal reforms
Volume 43 ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Š āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ā§Ŧ⧝ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ High legislative activity
Volume 44 ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ē āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ⧧⧝ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Political stability
Volume 45 ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ģ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ⧍⧝ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Development legislation
Volume 46 ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ŧ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ā§Ģā§Ļ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Economic growth laws
Volume 47 ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§­ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ⧍ā§Ē āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Digital initiatives
Volume 48 ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ž āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ā§­ā§§ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Comprehensive reforms
Volume 49 ⧍ā§Ļ⧧⧝ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ⧧⧝ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Administrative efficiency
Volume 50 ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ļ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ⧍⧭ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ COVID-19 response
Volume 51 ⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧧ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ā§Šā§§ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Recovery legislation
Volume 52 ⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧍ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ⧍⧧ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Post-pandemic laws
Volume 53 ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ā§Ŧā§Ŧ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Recent major legislation
Volume 54 ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ā§§ā§Ļ āύāĻ‚ āφāχāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ Current year acts
Volume 55 ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§Ļā§§ āύāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ā§§ā§­ āύāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ Current year ordinances
Volume 56 ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āϏāύ⧇āϰ ā§Ļā§§ āύāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻšāχāϤ⧇ ā§Šā§Ļ āύāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ Latest ordinances

Key Historical Milestones

📜 Colonial Period (1799-1947)

  • Volumes 1-10: Foundation of modern legal system
  • Introduction of British legal principles
  • Administrative and criminal law development

đŸ›ī¸ Pakistan Period (1947-1971)

  • Volumes 10-14: East Pakistan legislation
  • Constitutional developments
  • Regional autonomy laws

🇧🇩 Independence Era (1971-1990)

  • Volume 15: Constitution of Bangladesh (1972)
  • Volumes 15-28: Nation-building legislation
  • Economic and social development laws

đŸ›ī¸ Democratic Period (1991-Present)

  • Volumes 28-56: Parliamentary democracy
  • Economic liberalization
  • Digital governance initiatives
  • Recent reforms and modernization

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đŸ›ī¸ Constitutional Law

âš–ī¸ Criminal Law

đŸ’ŧ Commercial Law

đŸĨ Social Legislation

đŸ’ģ Digital Laws

Search & Navigation

  • Alphabetical Index: Browse laws by alphabetical order
  • Chronological Index: Navigate by year of enactment
  • Subject Index: Find laws by topic or area of law
  • Advanced Search: Search across all volumes

Usage Notes

  • All volumes are available in both Bengali and English where applicable
  • Links lead to dedicated volume pages with complete act listings
  • Each volume page includes detailed act summaries and full text access
  • Historical context provided for significant legislative periods

Source: Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Last Updated: July 2025