Village Court Act
Cabinet okays changes
The cabinet yesterday approved the draft of "The Village Court (Amendment) Act, 2012" increasing the number of members of a village court to five from existing three and fine from Tk 25,000 to Tk 75,000.
Some changes have been made in the provision of formation of a village court, which will be constituted with five persons--four members and one of its chief. Of the four members, two members will represent the complainant while two others the defence. As per the draft law, one of the four members of the village court must be the member of a union parishad and there must be a woman representative if the court wants to settle any women or children affairs related disputes.
It also kept provisions of casting votes for quick disposal of petitions and a fine of Tk 2,000 for lodging false cases.
The cabinet also endorsed the "National Cooperatives Policy 2012" to promote cooperatives by strengthening organisational structure and enhancing capacity of the Department of Cooperatives.
The cabinet expressed satisfaction over the progress in implementing its decisions. Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said the cabinet took 1,121 decisions of which 1,029 (92 percent) were implemented from January 6, 2009 to September 30, 2012.
A proposal of inclusion of the International Cooperatives Day under "C category" was also approved at the cabinet meeting.
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