Repeal of Development Board Laws and savings
2. (1) The Khulna Division Development Board Ordinance, 1976 (LXXV of 1976), the Rajshahi Division Development Board Ordinance, 1976 (LXXX of 1976), the Dhaka Division Development Board Ordinance, 1976 (LXXXI of 1976), the Chittagong District Development Board Ordinance, 1982 (XLVI of 1982), and the Comilla, Noakhali and Sylhet Districts Development Board Ordinance, 1982 (XLVII of 1982), hereinafter referred to as the said Ordinances, are hereby repealed.
(2) Upon the repeal of the said Ordinances,-
(a) the Development Boards, hereinafter referred to as the said Boards, established under the said Ordinances, shall stand dissolved;
(b) all assets, rights, powers, authorities, privileges and all properties, movable and immovable, cash and bank balances and all projects and programmes of the said Boards, and all other interests and rights in, or arising out of, such properties, projects and programmes, shall stand transferred to, and vest in, the Government;
(c) all debts, liabilities and obligations of whatever kind of the said Boards, subsisting immediately before such repeal, shall be debts, liabilities and obligations of the Government;
(d) all suits and other legal proceedings instituted by or against the said Boards in relation to the property, projects and programmes shall be deemed to be suits and other legal proceedings by or against the Government and shall be proceeded or otherwise dealt with accordingly;
(e) services of all officers and employees of the said Boards shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any contract or agreement or in the terms and conditions of service, stand transferred to the Government for absorption under sub-section (4).
(3) The assets, rights, powers, authorities, privileges, properties, projects and programmes of the said Boards transferred to, and vested in, the Government under sub-section (2)(b) may be transferred by the Government to such authorities as it may deem fit; whereupon all debts, liabilities and obligations of the Government and all suits and other legal proceedings by or against the Government arising out of, or connected with, or incidental to, the assets, rights, powers, authorities, privileges, properties, projects and programmes so transferred shall, subject to any agreement made between the Government and the authority in this respect, be the debts, liabilities and obligations of, or, as the case may be, the suits or proceedings by or against, such authority.
(4) The officers and other employees of the said Boards transferred to the Government under sub-section (2)(e) may, at the direction of the Government, be absorbed in any post under the Government or any local authority on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Government, and if such terms and conditions are not acceptable to any such officer or employee, the Government may terminate his service by notice in writing with such benefits as the Government may determine.
