31. The Government may, from time to time, by notification in the official Gazette,-transfer to any local authority within any part of the territories under its administration in which this Act is in operation, all or any of the functions of the Government or the Magistrate of the District under this Act, within the local area subject to the jurisdiction of the local authority.

32.(1) The Magistrate of the District may appoint for the purposes of this Act, a Chairman of a ²[Paurashava] constituted under the ³[Municipal Administration Ordinance, 1960]; or a President of a ⁴[Union Parishad] constituted under ⁵[Bangladesh Local Council and Municipal Committee (Dissolution and Administration) Order, 1972]; to discharge the functions of an officer appointed under section 14, in respect ofcattle impounded within the area included within that ⁶[Paurashava] or within the area subject to the jurisdiction of that Union Parishad, as the case may be:Provided that a Chairman or President so appointed may, by general or special order, delegate to the Vice-Chairman of such ⁷[Pasurashava] or the Vice-President of such ⁸[Union Parishad] as the case may be, all or any of the functions of an officer appointed under section 14 which such Chairman or President is entitled to discharge and may at any time withdraw the same.(2) A Chairman or President so appointed, or a Vice-Chairman or Vice-President to whom the Chairman or the President, as the case may be, may have delegated all or any of the functions referred to in sub-section (1), shall, not, directly or indirectly, purchase any cattle at a sale under this Act.

33. The Magistrate of the District may, by an order in writing, delegate the powers specified below to any Magistrate subordinate to him:(1) the determination of the manner of disposal or unclaimed impounded cattle under the proviso to section 14; and(2) the settlement of claims in respect of surplus unclaimed proceeds of the sale of cattle held in deposit under section 17.