147 legitimization.” Applying this test, the Supreme Court condoned: “(1) all transactions which are past and closed, for, no useful purpose can be served by reopening them, (2) all acts and legislative measures which are in accordance with, or could have been made under, the abrogated Constitution or the previous legal order, (3) all acts which tend to advance or promote the good of the people, (4) all acts required to be done for the ordinary orderly running of the State and all such measures as would establish establishment Objectives of, mentioned or in lead our in the to the case, the Objectives Resolution of 1954.” The Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961 was retained by the Bangladesh (Adaptation and Existing Laws) Order, 1972 read with the Bangladesh Laws (Revision and Declaration) Act, 1973. In this Act in section 6, it is said, all Acts of Parliament,