Amendments to the Constitution of Bangladesh

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The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh was adopted and enacted on 4 November 1972, after the victory of the independent country on 16 December 1971.[1][2] As of 2016 the Constitution has been amended 16 times.[3]

Amendments

First Amendment

Passed on 15 July 1973, the first amended was made to the Article 47 of the constitution. The amendment inserted an additional clause, Article 47(3) that allowed punishment and prosecution of war criminals under international law. A new Article 47A was also added, which specified that certain fundamental rights will be inapplicable in those cases.[4]

Second Amendment

Second amendment of the constitution was passed on 22 September 1973 that suspended some of the fundamental rights of the citizens during a state of emergency.[5] The act made following changes to the constitution:

References

  1. ↑ Shaukat, Reema (16 December 2015). "The 1971 saga". The Nation. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  2. ↑ "Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (Preamble)". Government of Bangladesh. 4 November 1972.
  3. ↑ Rahman, Shameema (2014-11-10). "Bangladesh: Sixteenth Amendment to Constitution Empowers Parliament to Impeach Justices". www.loc.gov. The Library of Congress . Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  4. ↑ Kirsten, Sellars (22 October 2015). Trials for International Crimes in Asia. Cambridge University Press. p. 344. ISBN 1107104653.
  5. ↑ Riaz, Ali (21 August 2012). Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh: A Complex Web. Routledge. p. 10. ISBN 9781134057153. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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