Chapter I — PRELIMINARY
ধারা ১Short title Local extent
1. This Act may be called the Arms Act, 1878; and it extends to the whole of Bangladesh.
- Throughout this Act, except otherwise provided,the words "Bangladesh" and "Government" were substituted, for the words "Pakistan" and "appropriate Government" or "Central Government" respectively by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)