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The Dhaka City Corporation Ordinance, 1983

( Ordinance NO. XL OF 1983 )

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 its 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 Dhaka City Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1992 (Act No. IV of 1992)
  • 2
    The colon (:) was substituted for the full-stop (.) and thereafter the proviso was added by section 6 of the Dhaka City Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1993 (Act No. VIII 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 Dhaka City Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1993 (Act No. VIII of 1993)
  • 4
    The commas and words “, other than Commissioners of reserved seats,” were omitted by section 3 of the Dhaka City Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1999 (Act No. I of 1999)
  • 5
    The word “elected” was omitted by section 6 of the Dhaka City Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1993 (Act No. VIII of 1993)
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