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.

The surviving family members of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman were unable to file a murder case against the assassins due to this law.

[2] Published in an Extraordinary Bangladesh Gazette, the main purpose of the ordinance was described as being: to restrict the taking of any legal or other proceedings in respect of certain acts or things done in connection with, or in preparation execution of any plan for, or steps necessitating, the historical change and the proclamation of Martial Law on the morning of the 15th August, 1975.

Whereas it is expedient to restrict the taking of any legal or other proceedings in respect of certain acts or things done in connection with or in preparation or execution of any plan for, or steps necessitating, the historical change and the proclamation of Martial Law on the morning of the 15th August, 1975.

Two of the assassins, including Colonels Khandaker Abdur Rashid and Syed Faruque Rahman,[4] admitted to killing Sheikh Mujib in TV interviews.