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BGD-2015-L-99013
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Title_of_text
Formalin Control Act, 2015.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Bangladesh
Subjects (Classification)
Protection against particular hazards
Adopted on (Date of text)
2015-02
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
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.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Laws of Bangladesh, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Country
Bangladesh
URL
http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/
File
BGD99013.pdf (PDF of Act in Bengali)