রক্ষীবাহিনী গঠন-সম্পর্কিত গেজেট ও সংশোধনী

রক্ষীবাহিনী গঠন–সম্পর্কিত গেজেট ও সংশোধনী

ক) রুক্ষীবাহিনী গঠন–সম্পর্কিত প্রথম গেজেট

Registered No. DA-I.

The Bangladesh Gazette, Extraordinary, Published by Authority,

Wednesday, MARCH 8, 1972

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH MINISTRY OF LAW AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

(Law Division)

NOTIFICATION

No. 212-Pub.com8th March, 1972. The following Order made by the President, on the advice of the Prime Minister, of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh on the 7th March.1972, is hereby published for general information:

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH MINISTRY OF LAW AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

(Law Division)

President’s Order No. 21 of 1972.

THE JATIYA RAKKHI BAHINI ORDER, 1972,

WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the Constitution of Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini and matters ancillary thereto;

Now, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Proclamation of Independence of Bangladesh, read with the Provisional Constitution of Bangladesh Order, 1972, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, the President is pleased to make the following Order:-

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(1) This Order may be called the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini Order, 1972.

(2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh.

(3) It shall come into force at once and shall be deemed to have taken effect on the first day of February, 1972.

In this Order, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject orcontext,

(a) “Bahini” means the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini constituted under this Order;

(b) “Commanding Officer” means an officer commanding a unit or a body of Kakkhis;

(d) “Government” means the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh;

(e) “Officer” means a superior office or a subordinate officer;

(f) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Order;

(g) “Rakkhi” means a member of the Bahing other than an officer;

(h) “subordinate officer” means such officer as may be prescribed;

(i) “superior officer” means the Director and such other officer as may be prescribed;

(j) “unit” means a unit of the Bahini,

Every person appointed or enrolled under this Order shall be subject tothis Order wherever he may be and shall remain so subject uniil hisdischarge in accordance with the provisions of this Order.

(1) There shall be raised and maintained in accordance with the provisions of this Order a Bahini to be called the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini.

(2) The Bahini shall consist of such number and classes of officers and Rakkhis and shall be constituted in such manner as the Government may from time to time direct.

5. (1) The Government shall appoint a Direcior of the Bahini and may appoint such other officers as it may deem ail.

(2) The Director and the other officers shall be appointed in such manner, for such period and on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed.

(3) The Director and the other officers shall possess, and may exercise, such powers and authority over their subordinate officers and the Rakkhis for the time being under their command as is provided by or under this Order.

The Rakkhis shall be enrolled in such manner, for such period and onsuch terms and conditions as may be prescribed.
7. The superintendence of the Bahini shall vest in the Government and theBahini shall be administered, commanded and controlled by the

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Director in accordance with the provisions of this Order and any rules made there under and such orders and instructions as may be made or issued by the Government from time to time.

(1) The Bahini shall be employed for the purpose of assisting the civilauthority in the maintenance of internal security when required by such authority as may be prescribed.

(2) The Bahini shall render assistance to the Armed Forces when called upon by the Governinent to do so in such circumstances and in such manner as may be prescribed.

(3) The Bahini shall perform such other functions as the Goverdirect may direct

It shall be the duty of every officer or Rakkhi promptly to obey and execute all orders and warrants lawfully issued to him by any competent authority and to apprehend all persons whom he is legally authorised to apprehend and for whose apprehension sufficient grounds exist and deliver such persons to the custody of the police.
Every person subject to this Order shall be entitled to receive his discharge from the Bahini on the expiration of the period for which he was appointed or enrolled and may, before the expiration of that period, be discharged from the Bahini by the Government, Director or suchother officer and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.

11.(1) Subject to such rules as the Government may make under this Order, the Director may, at any time, award any one or more of the following punishments to any subordinate officer or Rakkhi whom he finds to be guilty of disobedience, neglect of duty or rernissness in the discharge of any duty, or of rendering himself unfit to discharge his duty, or of other misconduct in his capacity as a subordinate officer or Rakkhi, namely:

(a) dismissal from service;

(b) removal from service;

(d) reduction in rank or grade;

(e) stoppage of promotion;

(f) forfeiture of seniority for not more than one year;

(g) forfeiture of pay and allowances for not exceeding kwenty

eight days,

(h) forfeiture of increment in pay;

(i) fine to any amount not exceeding one month’s pay;

(j) confinement to quarter-guard for a term not exceeding twenty

cight days;

(k) severe reprimand;

(l) reprimand;

(m) extra guard; picquets, patrol or fatigue;

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*(n) continement to Lines for a term not exceeding one month;

with or without drill, extra guard, fatigue or other duty.

(2) The Director may place under suspension any subordinate officer

or Rakkhi against whom action under clause (1) is required to be taken or against whom any investigation or inquiry is required to be made.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (1), no subordinate officer or Rakkhi shall be awarded any punishment under this Article unless he has been given an opportunity of being heard.

(4) Any subordinate officer or Rakkhi aggrieved by any action taken under sub-clauses (a) to (i) of clause (1) may prefer an appeal to the prescribed authority in the prescribed manner.

Any person subject to this Order who deserts or attempts to desert theBahini shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which mayextend to seven years, or with fine, or with both
Whenever any person subject to this Order deseris, his Commanding Officer shall give written information of the desertion to such civil authorities as in his opinion may be able to afford assistance towards The capture of the deserter and such authonties shall thereupon take steps for apprehension of the said deserter in like manner as if he were a person for whose apprehension a warrant had been issued by a Magistrate, and shall deliver the deserter, when apprehended, to the custody of the Bahini.
No Person subject to this Order shall be at liberty to resign his appointment or to withdraw himself from all or any of the duties of his appointment, without the sanction of the Commanding Officer with whom he is serving or of some other officer authorised by the Commanding Officer to grant such sanction.
Any person subject to this Order who is guilty of any violation of duty or willful breach or neglect of any rule or lawful order made by any competent authority, or who resigns his appointment or withdraws himself from all or any of the duties of his appointment in contravention of the provision of Article 14, or who, being absent on leave, fails, without reasonable cause, to report himself for duty on the expiration of such leave, or who is guilty of cowardice, shall be punishable with iinprisonment for a tem which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to live hundred rupees, or with both
The Director may delegate, to such extent and in respect of such subordinate officer or Rakkhi as he may think fit, the powers conferred upon him by any provision of this Order to any superior officer.

17.(1) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Order.

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(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the

foregoing power, such rules may

(a) prescribe the period for which and the manner in which persons may be appointed as officers or corolled as Rakkhis;

(b) prescribe the training of officers and Rakkhis;

(d) prescribe the terms and conditions of service of officers and

Rakkhis;

(e) regulate the powers and functions of the Director and other

officers;

(f) regulate the classes of officers and Rakkhis;

(g) provide for any other matter necessary for the constitution,

maintenance, administration, command, control and discipline of the Bahini and for carrying the provisions of this Order into effect.

ABU SAYEED CHOWDHURY

President of the

People’s Republic of Bangladesh.

DACCA; The 7th March, 1972

AZIMUDDIN AHMED Deputy Secretary

খ) গেজেটের সংশোধনী

Registered No. DA-1.

The Bangladesh Gazette, Extraordinary, Published by Authority

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1975

MINISTRY OF LAW, PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS AND JUSTICE

(Law and Parliamentary Affairs Division)

NOTIFICATION

Dacca, the 17th February, 1975.

No. 124-Pub.—The Following Ordinance made by the President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, on the 17th February, 1975 is hereby published for general information-

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH

পৃষ্ঠাঃ ১৯৭

MINISTRY OF LAW, PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS AND JUSTICE

(Law and Parliamentary Affairs Division)

The JATIYA RAKKHI BAHINI (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 1975

Ordinance No. IX of 1975.

ORDINANCE further to amend the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini Order, 1972,

WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Jaliya Rakkhi Bahini Order, 1972 (P. O. No. 21 of 1972), for the purposes here in after appearing:

AND WHEREAS Parliament is not in session and the President is Satisfied that circumstances exist which render immediate action necessary;

NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 93 of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, the President is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:

Short title —-This Ordinance may be called the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini (Amendment) Ordinance, 1975.
Subsutution of Article 2, P. O. No. 21 of 1972.- In the Jatiya RakkhiBahini Order, 1972 (P O. No. 21 of 1972), here in after reffered to as the said Order, for Artilce 2 the following shall be substituted, namely

2.(1) In this Order, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,

(a) “Bahini” means the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini constituted under

Article 4 of this Order;

(b) “Battalion” means a Unit composed of several companies,

forming part of or attached to a Zone;

or a body of Rakkhis;

(d) “Company” means a sub-unit composed of several platoons;

(e) “Director” means the Director of the Bahini appointed under

Article 5;

(f) “misconduct” means conduct prejudicial to good order or

service discipline or unbecoming of an officer or gentleman and includes any act, commission or omission which is an

offence under Article 10A or 10B;

(g) “officer” means a superior officer or a subordinate officer;

(h) “platoon” means a sub-unit consisting of three sections of

Rakkhi is;

(i) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this

Order;

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(j)”Rakkhi” means a member of the Bahini other than an

officer,

(k) “Regiment” means a signal unit composed of several

companies;

(l) ‘Special Court” means a court consisting of not less than

two superior officers constituted by the Director and presided over by an officer not below the rank of Deputy Director and assisted by a public prosecutor or his representative;

(m) “Special Summary Court” means a court consisting of not

less than two superior officers or one superior officer and one subordinate officer constituted by the Director and presided over by an officer not below the rank of Assistant Director;

(n) “subordinate officer” means a senior Deputy Leader,

Deputy Leader, Assistant Leader or Junior Leader.

(o) “Superior Officers” means the Director, Joint Director,

Deputy Director, Assistant Director, Leader, Chief Medical Officer, Medical Officer, Dental Officer or Nursing Officer, and when used in relation to a subordinale officer or Rakkhi includes any officer who is senior to him in rank or length of service;

(p) “Unit” means a Unit of the Bahini;

(q) “Zone” means a formation composed of two or more Units.

(2) The expressions “assuault “, “criminal force”, “fraudulently”,

reason to believe and “voluntanly causing hurt” shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Penal Code (XLV

of 1860)”,

Amendment of Article 4, P.O. No. 21 of 1972. In the said Order, in Article 4 after clause (2), the following new clause shall be added namely:—

(3) The Bahini shall be a disciplined force within the meaning of the definition of disciplined force” as given in Article 152(1) of the Constitution.”

Substitution of Article 5, P.O. No. 21 of 1972.-In the said Order, for Article.
the following shall be substituted, namely:

5.(1) There shall be a Director of the Bahini and may be all or any of the following classes of superior officers of the Bahini, namely:

(a) Joint Director;

(b) Deputy Director;

(d) Leader;

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(e) Chief Medical Officer,

(f) Medical Officer;

(g) Dental Officer;

(h) Nursing Officer.

(2) There may be all or any of the following classes of subordinate officers of the Bahini, namely:-

(a) Senior Deputy Leader;

(b) Deputy Leader;

(d) Junior Leader.

(3) The Director and other superior officers shall be appointed by

the Government, and the subordinate officers shall be appointed by the Director, in such manner and on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed.

(4) The Director and other superior officers shall have, and may

exercise, such powers and authority over the officers subordinate to them and the Rakkhis for the time being under

their command as are provided by or under this Order.

(5) Insertion of new Articles 10A and 10B, P.O. No. 21 of 1972.-In the said Order, after Article 10, the following new Articles shall be inserted, namely-

“10A. (1) An officer, other than the Director, or a Rakkhi who-

(a) begins, excites, causes or joins in any mutiny or sedition or,

being present at any mutiny or sedition, does not make his utmost endeavours to suppress it, or, knowing, or having reason to believe in the existence, of any mutiny or sedition, does not, without delay, give information thereof to his commanding officer or superior officer;

(b) uses, or attempts to use, criminal force to, or commits an

assault on, his superior officer, knowing or having reason to

believe him to be such, whether on or off duty;

or wireless station which is committed to his charge or which it is his duty to defend;

(d) in the presence of an enemy or pay person in arms against

whom it is his duty to act, cast away his arms or his ammunition or intentionally uses words or any other means to induce any other subordinate officer or Rakkhi to abstain from acting against the enemy, or any such person, or to discourage any such subordinate officer or Rakkhi from acting against the enemy or such person, or who otherwise misbehaves ;

(e) directly or indirectly holds correspondence with, or

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communicates intelligence to, or assists, or relieves, any enemy or person in arms against the State, or omits to disclose immediately to his commanding officer or superior officer any such correspondence or communication coming to his knowledge;

(1) directly or indirextly assists or relieves with money, victuals or ammunition, or knowingly harbours or protects any enemy or person in anns against the State;

(g) without authority leaves his commanding officer, or his post

or party, to go in search of plunder;

(h) quits his guard, picquet, party or patrol without being

regularly relieved or without leave;

(i) Uses criminal force to, or commits an assault on, any person

bringing provisions or other necessaries to camp or quarters, or forces a safeguard, or without authority breaks into any house or any other place for plunder, or plunders, destroys or damages any property of any kind; or

(j) intentionally causes or spread a false alarm in action, camp, garrison or quarters, shall, on conviction by a Special Court, be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a terin which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine which may extend to five hundred taka,

(2) A Special Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable

under this Article in such manner and follow such procedure as

may be prescribed.

(3) An officer or a Rakki accused of an offence under this Article

shall have the right to conduct his own defense or to have assistance of any officer of the Bahini or of any legal practitioner of his own choice.

(4) An appeal from the judgment of an Special Court may be

preferred to the Government witching thirty days of the delivery

thereof.

10B (1) An officer, other than the Director, or a Rakkhi who–

(a) is in a state of intoxication when on or detailed for any duty,

or on parade, or on the line of march;

(b) strikes, or forces or attempts to force, any sentry;

receive any prisoner duly committed to his charge, or, whether in such command or not, releases any prisoner without proper authority or negligently suffers any prisoner to escape;

(d) being deputed to any guard, picquet or patrol, quits it

without being regularly relieved or without leave;

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(e) being in command of a guard, picquet or patrol, permits

gambling or other behaviour prejudicial to good order and

discipline;

(f) being under arrest or in confinement, leaves his arrest or

confinement before he is set at liberty by proper authority;

(g) is grossly insubordinate or insolent to his superior officer in

the execution of his office;

(h) refuses to superintend or assist in the making of any field

work or other military work of any description ordered to be

made either in quarters or in the field;

(i) Strike or otherwise ill-uses a subordinate officer or Rakkhi

subordinate to him in rank or position;

(j) being in command at any post or on the march and receiving

a complaint that any one under his command has beaten or otherwise maltreated or oppressed any person, or has committed any riot or trespass, fails, on proof of the truth of the complaint, to have due reparation inade as far as possible to the injured person and to report the case to the proper authority;

(k) designedly or through neglect injures or loses or fraudulently or without due authority disposes of his arms, clothes, tools, equipment ammuunition, accoutrements, any means of transport or other necessaries, or any such articles entrusted to him or belonging to any other person;

(l) malingers, feight or produces disease or infirmity in himself, or intentionally delays his cure or aggravates his disease or infirinity:

(m) with intent to render himself or any other person unfit for service, voluntarily causes hurt to himself or any other person;

(n) commits extortion, or without proper authority exacts from any person, carriage, porter age or provisions;

(o) designedly or through neglect kills, injures, makes away with, ill-treats or loses his horse or any animal used in the public service;

(p) disobeys the lawful command of his superior officer;

(q) plunders, destroys or damages any property of any kind;

(r) being a sentry, sleeps at his post or quits it without being regularly relieved or without leave;

(s) deserts or attempts to desert the service or absents himself without leave of, without sufficient cause, overstays leave granted to him;

(t) resigns his appointment or withdraws hiinself from all or

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any of the duties of his appointinent in contravention of the provisions of Article 14;

(u) accepis illegal gratification from any person;

(v) designedly or through neglect fails to apprehend an offender;

(w) designedly or through neglect fails to perform his duties;

(x) makes a false accusation against any person subject to this Order knowing or having reason to believe such accusation to be false; or

(y) neglects to obey Bahini Orders, Zonal Orders, Battalion Orders, Regiment Orders or Unit Orders or any other order or rule made under this Order or coinnits any act or omission prejudicial to good order and disciplines, such act or oinission prejudicial to good order and disciplines, such act or omission not constituting any offence under the Penal Code (XLV of 1860), or any other law for the tine being, shall, on conviction by a Special Summary Court, be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a tenn which may extend to two years and shall also be liable to fine which may extend to two hundred taka.

(2) A Special Summary Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under this Article in such manner and follow such

procedure as may be prescribed.

(3) An officer or a Rakkhi accused of an offence under ihis Article

shall have the right to conduct his own defense or to have

assistance of any officer of the Bahini of his own choice.

(4) An appeal from the judgment of a Special Summary Court may be preferred to the Director or, where the Director presided over the Court, the Goverment within thirty days of the delivery thereof.”

Amendment of Article 11, P. O. No. 21 of 1972.-in the said Order, in Article 11, in clause (3), for the full stop at the end of a semicolon shall be substituted, and thereafter the following proviso shall be added, namely:–

“Provided that this clause shall not apply where a subordinate officer or Rakkhi is dismissed or removed from service or reduced in rank on the ground of conduct which has led to his conviction of an offence under article 10A or 10B any other criminal offence.”

Insertion of new Article 11A, P. O. No. 21 of 1972.-In the said Order, after Article 11, the following new Article shall be inserted, namely:— “T1A. Any officer or Rakkhi sentenced under this Order to imprisonment shall be imprisoned in the nearest or such other jail as the Government may, by general or special order, direct.”.

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Omission of Article 12, P. O. No. 21 of 1972…]n the said Order,

Article 12 shall be omitted.

Amendment of Article 12, P. O. No. 21 of 1972.-In the said Order. Article 12 shall be renurnbered as clause (1) of that Article and after clause (1) as so renumbered, the following new clause shall be added, namely-

“(2) It shall be lawful for any police officer to arrest without warrant any person whom he reasonably believes to be a member of the Bahini and to be a deserter or absentee without leave, and to bring him without delay before the nearest Magistrate to be dealt with according to law.”

Omission of Article 15, P. O. No. 21 of 1972. — In the said Order,

Article 15 shall be omitted.

Insertion of new Article 16B, P. O. No. 21 of 1972. – In the said Order after Anicle 16A, the following new Article shall be inserted, namely-

“16B. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the Government may invest the Director with the powers of Magistrate of any class for the purpose of enquiring into or trying any offence committed by an officer or Rakkhi against the person or property of another officer or Rakkhi and punishable under any provision of the Penal Code (XLV of 1860), or of any other law for the time being in force.”

1 Amendment of Article 17, P.O No. 21 of 1972. –In the said Order in Article 17 after clause (2), the following new clause shall be added, namely-

“(3) Any rules under this Article may be made so as to be retrospective to any date not earlier than the date of commencement of this Order.”.

SHEIKH MUJIBUR RAHMAN

President of the

The People’s Republic of Bangladesh.

DACCA; 14th February, 1975.

JUSTICE M. H. RAHMAN

Secretary

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রক্ষীবাহিনীর প্রধানকে লেখা এম এ জি ওসমানীর চিঠি

General M. G Osmany, p.s.C., M.C.A.,

Commander-in-Chief,

Bangladesh Forces,

Dacca Cantonment

DO No. 1972 A

Mar 72

I am desired by The President to convey to you and all ranks who participated at the historic Parade on the occasion of the First Independance Day, on the 26th March 1972, his commendation on the excellence of the Parade.

The Prime Minister was also very pleased with the standard of the Parade and considers the standard exhibited by battle-wom personnel, in such a short time, a clear indication of the capability of our boys to revive their traditionally high standard of discipline, tum out and efficiency in all operations, to which end officers and men must devote themselves.

Kindly convey the above to all ranks by reproduction in orders and at a Parade

Maj. A.N.M. Nuruzzaman,

Director National Militia,

Peelkhana,

Dacca

Copy to: Deputy Leader Md. Lokman,

Jatiya Rakhi Bahini,

Dacca

Ref: রক্ষীবাহিনীর সত্য মিথ্যা আনোয়ার উল আলম, pp 193-205

রক্ষীবাহিনীর বিলুপ্তি ও বাংলাদেশ সেনাবাহিনীর

সঙ্গে আত্তীকরণ–সংক্রান্ত গেজেট

THE JATIYA RAKKHI BAHINI (ABSORPTION IN THE ARMY)

ORDINANCE, 1975

ORDINANCE NO. LII OF 1975

[19th October, 1975]

An Ordinance to provide for the absorption of the members of the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini in the Bangladesh Amy.

WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the absorption of the members of the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini in the Bangladesh Army and for matters connected therewith or ancillary thereto;

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

Now, THERFORE, in pursuance of the Proclamation of the 20th August, 1975, and in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 93 of the Constitution of the peoples Republic of Bangladesh, the President is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance.

(1) The Ordinance may be called the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini(Absorption in the Army) Ordinance, 1975.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 3rd day of September, 1975.

In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject orcontext,

(a) “Bahini” means the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini constituted under the Order;

(b) “commencement of this Ordinance” means the 3rd day of September, 1975,

(d) “Orders” means the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini Order, 1972 (P.O. No 21 of 1972)

The provisions of this Ordinance and any order made thereunder shallhave effect notwithstanding anything contained in the Order or in any other law for the time being in force, or in any contract, agreement, document or other instrument.
On the commencement of this Ordinance-

(a) all members of the Bahini, who are willing to serve in the Bangladesh Army and found suitable in all respects for such service, shall be appointed in the Bangladesh Amy on such terms and conditions as the Government may determine;

(b) all rights and assets and all property, movable or immovable, cash and bank balances, funds, arms ammunition, explosives, wireless sets, equipment, stores, vehicles, vessels, and work shops and all rights and interests in or arising out of such property of the Bahini shall be transferred to the Bangladesh Army, or to such other Defence Service or branch thereof, in such manner as the Government may, by order, specify,

(c) all debis, obligations and liabilities incurred, all contracts entered into, all agreements made, and all matters and things. engaged to be done, by, with or for the Bahini shall be deemed to have been incurred, entered into, made or engaged to be done by, with or for the Bangladesh Army or such other Defence Service or branch thereof as the Government may, by order, specify;

(d) all deeds, bonds, agreements, powers of attomey, documents and other instruments of whatever nature to which the Bahini is a party or which are in favour of the Dahini shall be …………..and of effect by, against or in favour of the Bangladesh Army or such other by, other Defence Service or branch thereof as the Goverment may, by order, specify as if in place of the Bahini the Bangladesh Army or the Defence Service or branch thereof specified in the order had been named therein;

(e) all budget grants made and sums sanctioned for the Bahini shall be deemed to be budget grants made and sums sanctioned for the

Bangladesh Ary;

(f) all projects and schemes of the Bahini shall be deemed to be projects and schemes of the Bangladesh Army;

(g) all suits and other legal proceedings by or against the Bahini shall be deemed to be suits and proceedings by or against the Bangladesh Amy and may be proceeded or otherwise dealt with accordingly.

As soon as may be after action under clauses (a) and (b) of section 4 has been taken and the accounts of the Bahini have been audited, the Goverment shall, by notification in the official Gazette appoint a date on which the Bahini Organisation shall stand abolished.
On the abolition of the Bahini Organisation under section 5, the Ordershall stand repealed.
(1) The Director-General of the Bahini shall, for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of clauses (a) and (b) of section 4 and abolition of the Bahini Organisation, take such steps as he deems necessary or as the Government may direct.

(2) The Government shall make available to the Dircetor-General such staff and fund as may be necessary for the discharge of his functions under this Ordinance

8.. If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Ordinance, the Government may, by order, do anything which appears to it to be necessary for the purpose of removing the difficulty, and any such order shall be deemed to be, and given effect to as, part of the provisions of this Ordinance.

Ref: রক্ষীবাহিনীর সত্য মিথ্যা আনোয়ার উল আলম, pp 244-246