Please find attached copies of Sections 147, 427 and 448 of the Penal Code and Subsection 19(a) of The Arms Act (Act No. XI of 1878). A clearer copy of Subsection 19(a) of The Arms Act could not be obtained by the DIRB.

Response to Information Request BGD18703.F of 7 October 1994 refers to the Bangladesh Penal Code (Amendment) Law of 1991 which amended Sections 383, 385, 387 and 505 and added 462(a), 462(b) and 505(a). This Response, which is available at Regional Documentation Centres, contains a copy of the amendment.

This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

Bangladesh. Ministry of Law and Parliamentary Affairs. n.d. "The Arms Act (Act No. XI of 1878)," The Bangladesh Code. 1st. ed. Vol. 2. n.p., pp. 318, 325-26.

Bangladesh. The Penal Code. 1984. Excerpt from Act XLV of 1860 as modified up to 31 December 1983, pp. 1, 38, 112, 115.