Development Act, 1935 (Bengal Act No. XVI of 1935).
An Act to provide for the development of lands in Bangladesh and to impose a levy in respect of increased profits resulting from improvement works constructed by the Government.
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This Act deals with improving the agricultural production by means of interventions on irrigation works or the restoration of the water flow in rivers turned dry and the application of a levy on the profits arising as direct consequence of those improvements.
