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02/11/2024
Laws of Bangladesh

The Local Government (Union Parishads) Ordinance, 1983

( Ordinance NO. LI OF 1983 )

Constitution of Standing Committees
1[38. (1) The Union Parishad shall, at its first meeting, in each year, or as soon as may be at any meeting subsequent thereto, constitute Standing Committees for dealing respectively with-
 
 
 
 
(a) finance and establishment;
 
 
 
 
2[(b) education and mass education;
 
 
 
 
(c) health, family planning and epidemic control;]
 
 
 
 
(d) audit and accounts;
 
 
 
 
(e) agriculture and other development works;
 
 
 
 
(f) social welfare and community centres;
 
 
 
 
(g) cottage industries and co-operatives 3[;
 
 
 
 
(h) law and order;
 
 
 
 
(i) women and children welfare, culture and sports;
 
 
 
 
(j) fisheries and livestock;
 
 
 
 
(k) conservation of environment and tree plantation;
 
 
 
 
(l) union public works;
 
 
 
 
(m) rural water supply and sanitation.]
 
 
 
 
4[(1A) A Standing Committee under this section shall consist of such number of members and other co-opted persons as may be determined by the Union Parishad concerned.]
 
 
 
 
(2) The Union Parishad may, with the previous approval of the Deputy Commissioner, constitute additional Standing Committees for such purpose as may be prescribed by regulations.
 
 
5[(3) A Standing Committee shall elect one of its members, other than a co-opted member to be its Chairman and another such member to be its Vice-Chairman:
 
 
 
 
Provided that one-fourth of the total number of Chairmen of the Standing Committees shall, subject to the availability of candidate, be elected from amongst the members elected in reserved seats:
 
 
 
 
Provided further that where any office of Chairman of any Standing Committee within the number aforesaid can not be filled in by a member elected in reserved seat for any reason whatsoever, the office of Vice-Chairman of that Standing Committee shall be filled in by election of a member elected in reserved seat.]
 
 
 
 
(4) A Union Parishad may co-opt a person of either sex who is not a member of the Parishad but who may, in the opinion of the Parishad, possess special qualifications for serving on any Standing Committee; and such member shall not have any right to vote at meetings of the Standing Committee, but shall be deemed to be member thereof for all other purposes.]

  • 1
    Section 38 was substituted by section 21 of the Local Government (Union Parishads) (Amendment) Act, 1993 (Act No. XX of 1993)
  • 2
    Clauses (b) and (c) were substituted by section 2 of the Local Government (Union Parishads) (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XXI of 2001)
  • 3
    The semi-colon (;) was substituted for the full-stop (.) and thereafter clauses (h) to (m) were added by section 2 of the Local Government (Union Parishads) (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XXI of 2001)
  • 4
    Sub-section (1A) was inserted by section 2 of the Local Government (Union Parishads) (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XXI of 2001)
  • 5
    Sub-section (3) was substituted by section 2 of the Local Government (Union Parishads) (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XXI of 2001)
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