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Dhaka City Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1992

Act No.4 of 1992

An Act made to amend the Dhaka City Corporation Ordinance, 1983

Whereas it is expedient to amend the Dhaka City Corporation Ordinance, 1983 (XL of 1983);

Now, therefore, it is herewith enacted as follows:-

1. Short title.- This Act may be called the Dhaka City Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1992.

2. Substitution of section 6 of Ord. Xl of 1983.- For section 6 of the Dhaka City Corporation
Ordinance, 1983 (Xl of 1983), hereinafter referred to as the said Ordinance, shall be substituted
the following section.

     6. Term of the Corporation, etc.- (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) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Ordinance, the Corporation shall be
     deemed to have been duly constituted after the election of seventy five percent of
     the total number of its elected Commissioners has taken place.

     Explanation.- For calculating the seventy five percent of the total number of elected
     Commissioners, less than point five zero percent shall be ignored and point five zero
     and above percent shall be rounded off into a whole number."

3. Special provision regarding the term of the present Dhaka City Corporation.-
Notwithstanding anything contained in the said Ordinance or in any other Act for the time being in
force, the terms of the offices of the elected Commissioners and the nominated Lady
Commissioners who had been discharging their duties immediately before the 31th December of
1991, shall, whatever the date of their commencement, expire on the 31th December of 1991,
and the period from the date of the constitution to the 31th December of 1991 shall be deemed to
be the period of the term of the Corporation immediately before the commencement of this Act,
and this term shall be deemed to have expired at that date.

4. Repeal and savings.- (1) The Dhaka City Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 1991
(Ordinance No.40 of 1991) stands herewith repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, any action done or any measure taken under the said Ordinance
amended through the repealed Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the
said Ordinance amended through this Act.