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City Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 1991

Ordinance No. 5, 1991

An Ordinance made to amend Acts relating to City Corporations

Whereas it is expedient to amend Acts relating to City Corporations in order to carry out the following purposes;

and whereas Parliament is not in session and the acting President is satisfied that circumstances exist which render immediate action necessary;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred to him by article 93 (1) of the Constitution of the Poeple's Republic of Bangladesh, the acting President is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:-

1. Short title.- This Ordinance may be called the City Corporation ( Amendment ) Ordinance, 1991.

(Sec.2-4 purely amending, in English)

5. Amendment of Act No. 38 of 1987.- In the Rajshahi City Corporation Act, 1987 (Act No.38 of 1987),-

(1) clause e) of section (2) shall be omitted;
(2) section (6) shall be omitted;
(3) the expression and comma "the Deputy Mayor," in sub-section (2) of section 11 shall be omitted;
(4) in section 12,-

a) the expression "of the Deputy Mayor, etc." in the marginal note shall be substituted by the word "of the Commissioner";
b) the expression and comma "the Deputy Mayor or," in sub-section (1) shall be omitted;
c) in sub-section (2),-

i) the expression "the Deputy Mayor or" shall be omitted;
ii) clause a) shall be cancelled;
iii) the expression "the Deputy Mayor or" shall be omitted;

d) the expression "the Deputy Mayor or" in sub-section (3) shall be omitted;

(5) in section 14,-

a) the expression and comma "of the Deputy Mayor, etc." in the marginal note shall be substituted by the word "of the Commissioner";
b) sub-section (2) shall be omitted;

(6) sub-section (2) of section 15 shall be omitted;
(7) section 17 shall be omitted;
(8) in section 19,-

a) the expression "the Deputy Mayor" in the marginal note shall be substituted by the expression "the elected Commissioner";
b) sub-section (1) and (2) shall be omitted;
c) the expression "of both, the Mayor and Deputy Mayor" in sub-section (3) shall be substituted by the expression "of the Mayor";

(9) the expression "the Deputy Mayor or" in sub-section (2) of section 29 shall be omitted;
(10) the expression "the Deputy Mayor" in section 30 shall be omitted;
(11) in section 31,-

a) sub-section (1) shall be substituted by the following sub-section, namely:-

"(1) The Mayor may, when he thinks necessary so to do, convene the meeting of the Corporation."

b) the expression "or, in his absence, the Deputy Mayor" in sub-section (2) shall be omitted;
c) the expression and comma "or, in his absence, the Deputy Mayor or both" in sub-section (6) shall be substituted by the expression "or his";

(12) the expression "and the Deputy Mayor" in sub-section (4) of section 32 shall be omitted;
(13) the expression and comma "the Deputy Mayor," in sub-section (2) of section 62 shall be omitted;
(14) the expression and comma "the Deputy Mayor, or" in section 65 shall be omitted;
(15) the expression "the Deputy Mayor and" in clause a) of sub-section (2) of section 147 shall be omitted;
(16) the expression and comma ", the Deputy Mayor" in section 154 shall be omitted;
(17) the expression "the Deputy Mayor" in sub-section (1) of section 160 shall be omitted;
(18) in section 163,-

a) the expression and comma "the Deputy Mayor," in the marginal note shall be omitted;
b) the expression " the Deputy Mayor and" shall be omitted;

(19) the fourth schedule,-

a) the expression and comma ", the Deputy Mayor" in serial number 1 shall be omitted;
b) the expression " the Deputy Mayor and" in serial number 2 shall be omitted;