বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ তৃতীয় পত্র
At the rural level there are District Councils, Thana Councils and Union Councils. Rural areas in districts are proposed to be divided, for purposes of ruraldevelopment administration, into Community Development Blocks, the area of which will coincide with that of a Thana. Each Block will be in charge of a Block Development Officer. Each Block consists of ten to twelve (10-12) Union Boards, each of which will cover ten to twelve villages. Each Union Board is in charge of a village level worker. There are the Village Panchayets, one in each village. It is headed by the elected representative of that village to the Union Board.
It is on the basis of this framework that the main components of the district administration organise their work. The law, order and revenue components are organized in the main on a district-sub-division-thana-tahsil basis; the community development and Union Boards components are organized on a district-block-union board-Panchayet basis.
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Law, Order, Land Revenue & General Administration.
Law.
(a) (Judicial Administration)
The judicial administration is headed by the High Court.
The principal civil courts of original jurisdiction in Bangladesh are located at the district level. A District Judge presides over each court. He will be appointed by the Head of the State in consultation with the High Court. In addition, there are usually subordinate judges working in the sub-divisions and the police stations. The Civil Courts hear suits and also act as the initial appellate authority in a number of cases affecting civil rights which are dealt with by administrative officers or tribunals in the first instance. Appeals from subordinate judges lie to the District Judge, although in suits valued at more than a specified amount of rupees; appeals lie to the High Court, as do appeals from the District Judge.
The issue before the Government is to see that the Civil Courts either the district level or sub-divisional level, whichever area is liberated, start functioning immediately. The existing Judges or subordinate Judges if they are acceptable to the government should asked to begin their work immediately. Where a Thana is liberated, the munsief's court, if there is one at the thana, should work immediately. The precise number of judges who may be both available and acceptable is known at the moment.
Administration of criminal justice is based primarily on the provisions of the code of criminal procedure & the Bangladesh Penal Code. The principal authority is the High Court. The High Court mainly tries appeals from the decisions of the Session Judges. The jurisdiction of a Sessions Judge is usually, but not always, co-extensive with the district & when it is, the District Judge for civil suits is also Session Judge for criminal cases in his district. He takes cognizance of more serious criminal cases within his jurisdiction after they have been committed to him by a magistrate or other executive personnel following a preliminary enquiry. He can inflict any punishment authorized by the Bangladesh Penal Code, although a sentence of death requires the confirmation of the High Court. He also hears appeals against the decisions of magistrates.
