Dhaka: The government has delegated the power of executive magistrates to six BCS (administration cadre) officers to operate mobile courts at various places including Bangladesh Railways. A notification in this regard was issued by the Ministry of Public Administration.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the notification stated that these officers of the BCS (Administration) cadre have been delegated the powers of Executive Magistrates and have been given the authority to operate mobile courts in accordance with Section 5 of the Mobile Courts Act, 2009.
The six officers appointed are Shimul Kumar Saha, divisional estate officer at Bangladesh Railway, Kamalapur; Shafiqul Islam, divisional estate officer at Pakshey; Md Nazmul Huda and Abida Sultana, both deputy secretaries at the Railways Ministry; Md Manjur Hossain, divisional estate officer at Lalmonirhat; and Md Khorshed Alam Chowdhury, divisional estate officer at Chattogram.
The terms of the delegation of powers state that the District Magistrate, if necessary, will have the ability to coordinate the operation of mobile courts with the Executive Magistrates assigned to other organizations under his jurisdiction as per the empowered law.
It is further stated that the Empowered Executive Magistrate shall inform the concerned District Magistrate before operating the Mobile Court and must send the information on the operation of the Mobile Court to the concerned District Magistrate by the 10th of the following month in the prescribed format.