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Functions of Union Parishad

Functions of Union Parishad

For the purpose of performing the functions of the council, the council shall constitute a permanent Committee on each of the following matters, namely-

(A) money and establishment;

(B) audit and accounting;

(C) tax assessment and earnings;

(D) education, health and family planning;

(E) Agriculture, fisheries and livestock and other economic development works;

(F) development, preservation, maintenance, etc. of rural infrastructure;

(G) protection of law and order;

(H) Registration of birth and death;

(I) sanitation, water supply and sewerage;

(J) Social welfare and miserable management;

(K) Environmental development, environment protection and plantation;

(L) Family dispute resolution, women and child welfare (not applicable for residents of Chittagong);

(D) culture and sport.

(2) The council, except the standing committee referred to in sub-section (1), may, with the approval of the deputy commissioner, constitute additional standing committees, subject to the provisions of this Act.

(3) The Chairman of the Standing Committee shall be elected from among the members of the council without a co-opt member and the elected members of the reserved seats for women shall be the chairman of a third-party standing committee.

Provided that the Chairman of the Union Parishad shall be the President of the Committee on Law and Order alone.

(4) The Standing Committee shall be five to seven members, and the Committee may, if necessary, co-opt a person as a member of the committee concerned, but the co-op member shall have no franchise.

(5) The other members shall be nominated from amongst the eligibility of the local public for their contribution to the committee.

(6) The recommendation of the Standing Committee shall be accepted after the consideration of the next meeting of the council; However, if any recommendation is not received in the Union Parishad, its validity and reasons should be reported to the Standing Committee in writing.

(7) All the proceedings of the Standing Committee shall be final with the approval of the general meeting of the council.

(8) The council may break any standing committee for the following reasons, namely: -

(A) if he can not convene a regular meeting according to the rules;

(B) if he fails to give advice to the council in the prescribed time; Or

(C) If any work other than the provisions of this Act or any other law.

(9) Every Standing Committee shall meet in the meeting every two months, but may, if necessary, arrange additional meetings.

(10) The functions of the Standing Committee shall be determined by regulations, but the functions of the standing committee may be determined in the general meeting of the council until such regulations are made.
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