The legislation enacted for the creation of a new law by repeal the existing Ordinance regarding the Union Council
 
      Whereas, it is expedient and necessary to formulate a new law by abolishing the existing Ordinance regarding the Union Council;

      Therefore, it is hereby enacted as follows:
  
The first chapter
Initial
  
Short title, application and introduction
1. (1) This Act shall be called the Local Government (Union Parishad) Act, 2009.

(2) It will apply in whole of Bangladesh

Provided that the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, exempt any specific area from applying all or any of the rules or rules made under this Act or any rule made thereunder.

(3) It will be effective immediately.
  
  

  
Definition
2. In this law, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context-

(1) "law enforcement agencies" means Police Force, Armed Police Battalion, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Ansar Bahini, Battalion Ansar, Bangladesh Rifles, Coast Guard Forces and Defense Services;

(2) "Code of Conduct" means the conduct rules made under this Act;

(3) "financial institution" means the financial institution defined in section 2 of the Financial Institution Act, 1993 (Act No. 27 of 1993) and Section 2 of the Finance Loan Court Act, 2003 (Act 8 of 2003);

(4) In the sense of 'building', any gardens, walls, water reservoirs, pavilions, platforms, floors and stairs, including any store, house, hut, sitting room, shed, stables or any other purpose will be included in it;

(5) 'Union' means the rural area and existing unions declared as a union under section 11 of this Act;

(6) 'Union Parishad' means a union council formed under section 10 of this Act;

(7) 'Upazila' means the areas declared as upazilas and existing upazilas under the upazila parishad act, 1998 (Act No. 24 of 1998);

(8) 'Upazila Parishad' means the Upazila Parishad constituted under Upazila Parishad Act, 1998 (Act No. 24 of 1998);

(9) "Upazila Nirbahi Officer" means an upazila nirbahi officer of a upazila;

(10) "ward" means the union council ward;

(11) "tax" means any tax, sub-tax, rate, toll, fee, tax or any tax levied under this Act;

(12) "village area" means no area declared as a city;

(13) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Union Parishad;

(14) The 'public path' means the road, the road and the roads;

(15) "population" means the population mentioned in the latest census;

(16) "land" means any land under construction or built or submerged;

(17) "District" means District formed under the Act, 1836 (Act No. 1 of 1836);

(18) "deputy commissioner" means any officer specially appointed by the government under this Act, who shall perform all or any of the functions of the Deputy Commissioner;

(19) "schedule" means any schedule of this act;

(20) "fund" means the fund of the Union Parish formed under section 53;

(21) "police station" means the police station established in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act No. 5 of 1898);

(22) 'Designated Officer' means any officer appointed by the government or officer authorized by him to carry out the purpose of this Act;

(23) "city area" means the area declared as a city;

(24) "Scheduled authority" means any government official given power by the government to fulfill any specific purpose of the government or this law;

(25) "Scheduled procedure" means the procedure prescribed by rules.

(26) "Election Commission" means the Election Commission established under Article 118 of the Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh;

(27) "Election Observer" means any person or organization, who has been allowed in writing for the purpose of observing any election under this Act by the Election Commission or any person authorized by him in this behalf;

(28) "dependent" means the candidate's husband or wife, children, honest boy, father, mother, brother or sister who are totally dependent on the candidate;

(29) In the sense of extortion, theft, property assurances, faith, rape, murder, murder and Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 (Act.II of 1947), in the sense of "Moral slaughtering offense", Penal Code, 1860. Defined Criminal Misconduct and it shall include;

(30) It shall include roads, roads, roads, roads, or roads that are used for public movement in the sense of 'path';

(31) 'Council' means the Union Parishad constituted under this Act;

(32) "regulations" means the regulations made under this Act;

(33) "market" means a place where people are gathered for sale and purchase of fish, meat, fruits, vegetables or other food products, or the sale of animals or cows and goats and livestock. Any place which has been declared as market by the rules;

(34) "budget" means the financial statement of the financial year for the financial year and expenditure of the Union Parishad;

(35) 'annual value' means the total amount received or paid by a house or land for rent every year;

(36) "Rule" means the rules made under this Act;

(37) "bank" means-

(A) Bank company defined in section 5 (o) of the Bank Company Act, 1991 (Act 14 of 1991);


(B) Bangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha Order, 1972 (P.O. No. 128 of 1972) established under the Bangladesh Industrial Credit Agency;

(C) Bangladesh Shilpa Bank Order, 1972 (P.O. No. 129 of 1972) established under the Bangladesh Shilpa Bank;

(D) The Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation Order, 1973