WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/N/1/BGD/1
24 June 2002
(02-3473)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT
BANGLADESH
By means of a communication, dated 19 June 2002, the following notification has been
received from Bangladesh under Article 63.2 of the Agreement.
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The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh is pleased to notify that the
Copyright Law of the country has been enacted in Bangla in line with the Agreement on Trade-
Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, by amending and consolidating the CopyrightOrdinance of 1962.  The new law has been named “The Copyright Act, 2000 (Act No. 28 of 2000)”.
Further, some minor amendments are required to be done to the new Act, which are now
under process.  The English version of the Act and the rules thereon will be available for notification
after the amendments have been approved by the parliament.
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