Revised Power of Attorney regulations allow overseas Bangladeshis to manage property without passportSyedur Rahman, a Bangladeshi who left the country nearly 20 years ago and acquired US citizenship, had surrendered his Bangladeshi passport. In February, the interim government revised the Power of Attorney rules, removing the mandatory requirement for a Bangladeshi passport to complete the process. He said, “Under the 2015 Power of Attorney rules, anyone wishing to grant authority had to possess a passport. FIRST REFORM IN 130 YEARS CAME IN 2012The Powers of Attorney Act, 1882, was enacted in undivided India, consisting of six sections. Later in September that year, the old Powers of Attorney Act, 1882, was repealed and replaced by the Powers of Attorney Act, 2012.
