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The Dhaka City Corporation Ordinance, 1983

( Ordinance NO. XL OF 1983 )

Chapter IV

TRANSITIONAL AND TEMPORARY PROVISIONS

Repeals and savings
 
 
171. (1) On the commencement of this Ordinance, the Paurashava Ordinance, 1977 (Ord. XXVI of 1977), hereinafter referred to as the said Ordinance, shall, in its application to the City of Dhaka, stand repealed.
 
 
 
 
(2) Upon the repeal of the said Ordinance,-
 
 
 
 
(a) all rules, regulations by-laws or orders made, notifications or notices issued, or licences or permissions granted under the enactment repealed under sub-section (1), and in force immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance shall, in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, continue in force and be deemed to have been respectively made, issued or granted under the provisions of this Ordinance until it is altered, repealed or amended under the said provisions;
 
 
(b) all assets, rights, powers, authorities and privileges, and all property, movable and immovable, cash and bank balances, funds, investments and all other rights and interests in, or arising out of such property of the Dhaka Municipal Corporation constituted under the said Ordinance and subsisting immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance shall stand transferred to and vest in the Corporation;
 
 
 
 
(c) all debts, obligations and liabilities incurred, all contracts entered into and all matters and things engaged to be done by, with or for the Dhaka Municipal Corporation before the commencement of this Ordinance shall be deemed to have been incurred, entered into or engaged to be done by, with or for the Corporation under this Ordinance;
 
 
 
 
(d) all budget estimates, assessments, valuations, measurements or schemes made by the Dhaka Municipal Corporation shall, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, continue in force and be deemed to have been made under the provisions of this Ordinance until it is altered, amended or superseded under the provisions of this Ordinance;
 
 
 
 
(e) all taxes, rates, tolls, cesses, fees, rents and other sums of money due to the Dhaka Municipal Corporation immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be due to the Corporation;
 
 
 
 
(f) all taxes, rates, tolls, cesses, fees, rents and other charges levied by the Dhaka Municipal Corporation shall, until they are varied by the Corporation, continue to be levied at the same rate at which they were levied immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance and shall be deemed to have been levied under this Ordinance;
 
 
 
 
(g) every officer and other employee of the Dhaka Municipal Corporation constituted under the said Ordinance shall stand transferred to and become an officer or other employee of the Corporation and shall hold office or service in the Corporation on the same terms and conditions as were enjoyed by him immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance and shall continue to do so until his terms and conditions are duly altered under this Ordinance;
 
 
(h) all suits, prosecutions and other legal proceedings instituted by or against the Dhaka Municipal Corporation before the commencement of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be suits, prosecutions and proceedings by or against the Corporation and shall be proceeded or otherwise dealt with accordingly.

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