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The Chittagong City Corporation Ordinance, 1982

( Ordinance NO. XXXV OF 1982 )

[ 16th September, 1982 ]

Part II

CORPORATION

Chapter I

CONSTITUTION AND COMPOSITION OF THE CORPORATION

Term of the Corporation, etc
 
 
 
 
1[6. (1) The term of the Corporation shall be a period of five years commencing on the day of first meeting after its constitution 2[:
 
 
 
 
Provided that, notwithstanding the expiration of its term, the Corporation shall continue to function until the first meeting of the Corporation Constituted to succeed it.]
 
 
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Ordinance, the Corporation shall be deemed to have been duly constituted after the election of seventy five per cent of the total number of its 3[Commissioners 4[* * *]] has taken place.
 
 
 
 
Explanation. For calculating the seventy five per cent of the total number of 5[* * *] Commissioners, less than point five zero per cent shall be ignored and point five zero and above per cent shall be rounded off into a whole number.]
  • 1
    Section 6 was substituted by section 2 of the Chittagong City Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1992 (Act No. V of 1992).
  • 2
    The colon (:) was substituted for the full-stop (.) and the proviso was added by section 6 of the Chittagong City Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1993 (Act No. VII of 1993).
  • 3
    The words and commas “Commissioners, other than Commissioners of reserved seats,” were substituted for the words “elected Commissioners” by section 6 of the Chittagong City Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1993 (Act No. VII of 1993).
  • 4
    The commas and words “, other than Commissioners of reserved seats,” were omitted by section 3 of the Chittagong City Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1999 (Act No. II of 1999).
  • 5
    The word “elected” were omitted by section 6 of the Chittagong City Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1993 (Act No. VII of 1993).
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