The interim government has delegated the powers of executive magistrates to the Bangladesh Army鈥檚 commissioned officers operating under the district magistrates in aid of civil administration across the country for a period of sixty days.
The public administration ministry on Tuesday issued a gazette notification providing the powers of the executive magistrates to the commissioned army officers as per the Sections 12 (1) and 17 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1998. 听
鈥楾he commissioned officers of the Bangladesh Army have been given the authority of the executive magistrates under the Sections 12 (1) and 17 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1998 and they will have the authority for 60 days following the gazette notification,鈥� said the official order issued on behalf of the president.
Inter Services Public Relation Directorate Lieutenant Colonel Sami Ud Dowla Chowdhury also confirmed issuance of the official order to the effect.
As per the Section 12 (1) of the CrPC, the government may confer upon any person all or any of the powers conferrable under this code on an executive magistrate in any local area outside a metropolitan area.
And the Section 17 (1) says that all executive magistrate appointed under section 10 and 12 (1) shall be subordinate to the district magistrate who, from time to time, give special order consistent with this code as to the distribution of business among such magistrates.
The military troops deployed earlier by the ousted Awami League government midnight past July 19 to maintain order have been operating under the district magistrates in aid of civil administration.
The interim government led by Professor Muhammad Yunus was formed on August 8 after the fall of autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina amid a student-led mass uprising on August 5.
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