Provisional Constitution of Bangladesh Order 1972

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The Provisional Constitution of Bangladesh Order 1972 was the interim constitutional framework that organized the new Bangladeshi state and its institutions immediately after independence, prior to adoption of the permanent 1972 Constitution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional order ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ
provisional constitution ⓘ
aimedToEnsure continuity of governmental authority before adoption of permanent constitution ⓘ
orderly transition from wartime administration to regular government ⓘ
appliesToTerritory People's Republic of Bangladesh ⓘ
associatedWithEvent independence of Bangladesh ⓘ
state-building in post-independence Bangladesh ⓘ
category Bangladeshi constitutional history ⓘ
Bangladeshi legal history ⓘ
country Bangladesh ⓘ
defines structure of the executive branch of Bangladesh (interim) ⓘ
structure of the judiciary of Bangladesh (interim) ⓘ
structure of the legislative branch of Bangladesh (interim) ⓘ
function to provide legal continuity and state authority after independence ⓘ
to serve as a transitional basic law ⓘ
governingPrinciple establishment and functioning of sovereign state institutions of Bangladesh (interim) ⓘ
historicalContext adopted in the aftermath of the Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
used to govern Bangladesh immediately after independence from Pakistan ⓘ
jurisdiction national ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalEffect provided legal basis for government actions before the permanent constitution ⓘ
legalNature subordinate to later permanent constitution once adopted ⓘ
legalStatus interim constitutional framework ⓘ
legalSystem Bangladeshi constitutional law ⓘ
purpose to establish a provisional constitutional order until adoption of a permanent constitution ⓘ
to organize the new Bangladeshi state after independence ⓘ
regulates powers of the President of Bangladesh (interim) ⓘ
powers of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (interim) ⓘ
relationship between executive and legislature (interim) ⓘ
relatedTo Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh ⓘ
replaced constitutional arrangements of Pakistan as applied to East Pakistan ⓘ
replacedBy Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh 1972 ⓘ
scope executive, legislative and judicial organization of Bangladesh (interim) ⓘ
status superseded ⓘ
subjectMatter allocation of state powers in Bangladesh ⓘ
interim governance arrangements ⓘ
organization of state institutions of Bangladesh ⓘ
temporalScope period between independence and adoption of the 1972 Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ
timePeriod early 1970s ⓘ

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Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh → legalBasis → Provisional Constitution of Bangladesh Order 1972 ⓘ