THE ABANDONED BUILDINGS (SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS) (AMEND- MENT) ORDINANCE, 1987

[Published in the Bangladesh Gazette, Extraordinary, dated 28th July, 1987]

No.376-Pub.- The following Ordinance made by the President of the People’s Republic of  Bangladesh, on the 26th July, 1987, is hereby published for general information

Ordinance No.11, 1987

An Ordinance made further to amend the Abandoned Buildings (Supplementary  Provisions) Ordinance, 1985

Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Abandoned Buildings (Supplementary Provisions)  Ordinance, 1985 (LIV of 1985) for carrying out the purposes hereinafter appearing;
And whereas Parliament is not in session and the President is satisfied that circumstances exist  which render immediate action necessary;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 93 of the Constitution  of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, the President is pleased to make and promulgate the  following Ordinance:-

  1. Short title and commencment.-
  2. (1) This Ordinance may be called the Abandoned Buildings  (Supplementary Provisions) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1987.
    (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 29th November of 1985.
  3. Amendment of section 4 of Ord. LIV of 1985.- In section 4 of the Abandoned Buildings  (Supplementary Provisions) Ordinance, 1985 (LIV of 1985), heretoafter referred to as the said  Ordinance, for the numbers, words and comma “31st day of March, 1986”, twice occurring, the  numbers, words and comma “31st day of July, 1988” shall be substituted.
  4. Amendment of section 5 of Ord. LIV.- In section 5 of the said Ordinance, in sub-section
    (1),-

(a) for the numbers, words and commas “31st day of March, 1986, and before the  30th day of September, 1986, publish in the official Gazette” the numbers, words and commas “commencement of this Ordinance and before the 30th day of September, 1988, publish, from time to time, in the official Gazette” shall be  substituted;
(b) in clause (a), for the words “a list of” the words “lists of” shall be substituted;
(c) in clause (b), for the words “a list of buildings in respect of which notice” the words “lists of buildings in repect of which notices” shall be substituted.

  1. Amendment of section 6 of Ord. LIV of 1985.- In section 6 of the said Ordinance, for  clause (a) the following clause (a) shall be substituted, namely:-

“(a) specific performance of contract in respect of any building the possession of which has been taken by the Government as abandoned property under the President’s Order or in respect of which for taking possession by the Government as abandoned property under that Order has been issued, or”