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Formalin Control Act, 2015.

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Bangladesh
Protection against particular hazards
2015-02
National
Law, Act

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The Act establishes a licensing system for any person or body wishing to import or use formalin. Once implemented, formalin control committees will be formed at every district and Upazila. Import, production, shipment, stock, sales and use of the preservative will require licence. It will be legally binding on licensed traders to show their sales document to the committees.The maximum punishment for breaching licence terms is seven years in prison with Tk 500,000 in fine, and revocation of the licence. Anyone shipping formalin without licence will spend two and a half years in jail and pay up to Tk 300,000 in fine. One in possession of equipment that may be used to produce formalin will be hauled in jail for two and a half years and fined up to Tk 200,000. The law will be effective for formalin, formaldehyde and other government-approved chemicals used for formalin production.

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