Indemnity Ordinance, 1975

Indemnity Ordinance, 1975
President of Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad
Citation	Ordinance No. 50 of 1975
Territorial extent	Bangladesh
Enacted by	Ordinance enacted by President Khondaker Mostaq Ahmed in 1975; Act enacted by President Ziaur Rahman in 1979.
Enacted	26 September 1975
Repeals
Indemnity (Repeal) Act, 1996
Amended by
Indemnity Act, 1979
Status: Repealed

The Indemnity Ordinance, 1975 was a controversial law enacted by the martial law regime of Bangladesh on 26 September 1975. It provided legal immunity to all persons involved in the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was killed with most of his family on 15 August 1975. Immunity meant the assassins were immune from any legal action. The surviving family members of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman were unable to file a murder case against the assassins due to this law.

The ordinance was converted into an Act of Parliament by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on 9 July 1979 through the Indemnity Act, 1979.^[1] When the Awami League led by Sheikh Mujib's surviving daughter Sheikh Hasina was elected to power in 1996, the law was repealed through the Indemnity (Repeal) Act, 1996.^[2]