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Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
“financial year” means a year commencing on the first day of July;
“guarantee” includes any obligation undertaken before the commencement of this Constitution to�� make
payments in the event of the profits of an undertaking falling short of a specified amount;
“the High Court Division” means the High Court Division of the Supreme Court;
“judge” means a judge of a division of the Supreme Court;
“judicial service” means a service comprising persons holding judicial posts not being posts superior to that
of a district judge;
“law” means any Act, ordinance, order, rule, regulation, bye law, notification or other legal instrument, and
any custom or usage, having the force of law in Bangladesh;
“Parliament” means the Parliament for Bangladesh established by article 65;
“Part” means a Part of this Constitution;
“pension” means a pension, whether contributory or not, of any kind whatsoever payable to or in respect of
any person, and includes retired pay or gratuity so payable by way of the return or any addition thereto of
subscriptions to a provident fund;
“political party” includes a group or combination of persons who operate within or outside Parliament under a
distinctive name and who hold themselves out for the purpose of propagating a political opinion or engaging
in any other political activity;
“the President” means the President of Bangladesh elected under this Constitution or any person for the time
being acting in that office;
“property” includes property of every description movable or immovable, corporeal or incorporeal, and
commercial and industrial undertakings, and any right or interest in any such property or undertaking;
“public notification” means a notification in the Bangladesh Gazette;
“public officer” means a person holding or acting in any office of emolument in the service of the Republic;
“the Republic” means the People's Republic of Bangladesh;
“Schedule” means a schedule to this Constitution;
“securities” includes stock;
“the service of the Republic” means any service, post or office whether in a civil or military capacity, in
respect of the Government of Bangladesh, and any other service declared by law to be a service of the
Republic;
“session”, in relation to Parliament, means the sittings of Parliament commencing when it first meets after
the commencement of this Constitution or after a prorogation or dissolution of Parliament and terminating
when Parliament is prorogued or dissolved;
“sitting”, in relation to Parliament, means a period during which Parliament is sitting continuously without
adjournment;
“the Speaker” means the person for the time being holding the office of Speaker pursuant to article 74;
“the State” includes Parliament, the Government and statutory public authorities;
“statutory public authority” means any authority, corporation or body the activities or the principal activities
of which are authorised by any Act, ordinance, order or instrument having the force of law in Bangladesh;
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