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 |
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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 |
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Volume 27 | ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§ āϏāύā§āϰ ⧍ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāĻ¤ā§ ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§¯ āϏāύā§āϰ ā§Šā§ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Political stability |
Volume 28 | ⧧⧝⧝ā§Ļ āϏāύā§āϰ ⧝ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠⧧⧝⧝⧧ āϏāύā§āϰ ⧍⧧ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Democratic restoration |
Volume 29 | ⧧⧝⧝⧧ āϏāύā§āϰ ⧍⧍ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāĻ¤ā§ ā§§ā§¯ā§¯ā§Š āϏāύā§āϰ ā§§ā§Ž āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Parliamentary system |
Volume 30 | ā§§ā§¯ā§¯ā§Š āϏāύā§āϰ ⧧⧝ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠⧧⧝⧝ā§Ē āϏāύā§āϰ ⧍ā§Ŧ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Constitutional amendments |
Volume 31 | ⧧⧝⧝ā§Ģ āϏāύā§āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāĻ¤ā§ ā§§ā§¯ā§¯ā§Ž āϏāύā§āϰ ā§Ž āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Economic liberalization |
Volume 32 | ā§§ā§¯ā§¯ā§Ž āϏāύā§āϰ ⧧⧍ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ āϏāύā§āϰ ⧧⧝ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Millennium transition |
Volume 33 | ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ āϏāύā§āϰ ⧍ā§Ļ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§§ āϏāύā§āϰ ā§Šā§Ļ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | New millennium laws |
Volume 34 | ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§§ āϏāύā§āϰ ā§Šā§§ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§§ āϏāύā§āϰ ā§Ēā§Ģ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Political transition |
Volume 35 | ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§§ āϏāύā§āϰ ā§Ēā§Ŧ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Š āϏāύā§āϰ ā§Šā§§ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Administrative reforms |
Volume 36 | ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§ āϏāύā§āϰ ā§Šā§¨ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ģ āϏāύā§āϰ ā§¨ā§Ž āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Legal modernization |
Volume 37 | ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ŧ āϏāύā§āϰ ā§Ŧ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāĻ¤ā§ ā§Šā§¯ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Democratic governance |
Volume 38 | ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ŧ āϏāύā§āϰ ā§Ēā§Ļ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠ā§Ēā§Ž āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Emergency period |
Volume 39 | ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļ⧝ āϏāύā§āϰ ā§§āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠ā§Ŧā§Ŧ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Major reform period |
Volume 40 | ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ļ āϏāύā§āϰ ā§§āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠ā§Ŧā§ŠāύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Economic development |
Volume 41 | ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§§ āϏāύā§āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāĻ¤ā§ ā§¨ā§Š āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Constitutional changes |
Volume 42 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧧⧍ āϏāύā§āϰ ā§§āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠ā§Ē⧝ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Legal reforms |
Volume 43 | ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Š āϏāύā§āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠ā§Ŧ⧝ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | High legislative activity |
Volume 44 | ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ē āϏāύā§āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠⧧⧝ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Political stability |
Volume 45 | ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ģ āϏāύā§āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠⧍⧝ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Development legislation |
Volume 46 | ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ŧ āϏāύā§āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠ā§Ģā§Ļ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Economic growth laws |
Volume 47 | ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§ āϏāύā§āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠⧍ā§Ē āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Digital initiatives |
Volume 48 | ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ž āϏāύā§āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠ā§ā§§ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Comprehensive reforms |
Volume 49 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧧⧝ āϏāύā§āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠⧧⧝ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Administrative efficiency |
Volume 50 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ļ āϏāύā§āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠⧍⧠āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | COVID-19 response |
Volume 51 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧧ āϏāύā§āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāĻ¤ā§ ā§Šā§§ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Recovery legislation |
Volume 52 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧍ āϏāύā§āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠⧍⧧ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Post-pandemic laws |
Volume 53 | ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š āϏāύā§āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠ā§Ŧā§Ŧ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Recent major legislation |
Volume 54 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āϏāύā§āϰ ā§§ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠⧧ā§Ļ āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ | Current year acts |
Volume 55 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āϏāύā§āϰ ā§Ļā§§ āύāĻ āĻ āϧā§āϝāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļ āĻšāĻāϤ⧠⧧⧠āύāĻ āĻ āϧā§āϝāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļ | Current year ordinances |
Volume 56 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āϏāύā§āϰ ā§Ļā§§ āύāĻ āĻ āϧā§āϝāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļ āĻšāĻāĻ¤ā§ ā§Šā§Ļ āύāĻ āĻ āϧā§āϝāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļ | Latest ordinances |
Key Historical Milestones
đ Colonial Period (1799-1947)
- Volumes 1-10: Foundation of modern legal system
- Introduction of British legal principles
- Administrative and criminal law development
đī¸ Pakistan Period (1947-1971)
- Volumes 10-14: East Pakistan legislation
- Constitutional developments
- Regional autonomy laws
đ§đŠ Independence Era (1971-1990)
- Volume 15: Constitution of Bangladesh (1972)
- Volumes 15-28: Nation-building legislation
- Economic and social development laws
đī¸ Democratic Period (1991-Present)
- Volumes 28-56: Parliamentary democracy
- Economic liberalization
- Digital governance initiatives
- Recent reforms and modernization
Browse by Category
đī¸ Constitutional Law
âī¸ Criminal Law
đŧ Commercial Law
đĨ Social Legislation
đģ 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