The Collaborators Act was a law enacted in 1972 by the government of Bangladesh to try those who did not side with the nationalist cause in the Bangladesh Liberation War, or politically opposed the liberation war or willingly cooperated with the Pakistan Army or committed criminal acts. This law is referred as the Bangladesh Collaborators (Special Tribunal) Order 1972, commonly known as Collaborators Act, 1972. The Act, was designed to facilitate arrest and trial of accomplices as well as of local perpetrators of the genocide remained in place.