Business Eye Report
The government has decided to give magistracy power to the commissioned officers of the Bangladesh Army. The order will come into effect immediately. The public administration ministry issued a circular signed by Jeti Pru, senior assistant secretary of Public Administration Ministry in this regard yesterday following section 12 (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. The officers will act as executive magistrates across the country for the next 60 days. The officials will be able to deal with Sections 64, 65, 83, 84, 86, 95 (2), 100, 105, 107, 109, 110, 126, 127, 128, 130, 133, and 142 of CrPC.
Lt Col Sami-Ud-Daula Chowdhury, director of the Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR), confirmed the development to the Business Eye.
"We have given the order and will work accordingly," he added.
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