Legislative Dictionary

The Parliament of Bangladesh is the supreme law making authority and it has either adopted or enacted as many as 956 Acts, Ordinances and Orders till January, 2007 and in these laws hundreds of words have been defined or interpreted or explained to give effect to the true meaning of the laws. In this dictionary, we have included basically the terms which are defined in English [from 1987, the laws of Bangladesh have been being enacted in Bengali with some exception] and gradually we shall include all the terms defined or interpreted or explained in the laws of the land.

Legislative Dictionary

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Eastern Bengal and Assam Act"Eastern Bengal and Assam Act" shall mean an Act made by the Lieutenant-Governor of Eastern Bengal and...421
ElectionThe word "election" denotes an election for the purpose of selecting members of any legislative, municipal...416
Election Agent"election agent" means an election agent appointed by a candidate under Article 21 and, where no such...432
Election Expense"election expense" means any expenditure incurred or payment made, whether by way of gift, loan, advance,...441
Elector"Elector" in relation to a constituency, means a person who is enrolled on the electoral roll in that...424
Electoral Right"electoral right" means the right of a person to stand, or not to stand as, or to withdraw front being,...418
Electoral Roll"electoral roll" means an electoral roll prepared or deemed to have been prepared under the Electoral...311
Eligible Debtor"eligible debtor" means a debtor who is not an individual debtor. [See section 2 (38), the Bankruptcy...301
Emblem"emblem" means the flag, emblem, seal, insignia or coat-of-arms specified in the Schedule and includes...305
Emigrant"emigrant" means any person who emigrates or is assisted to emigrate or has emigrated under this .Ordinance...300