THE BANGLADESH LABOUR ACT, 2006, CHAPTER XVIA

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2[CHAPTER XVIA

PROVISIONS AS TO THE DISSOLVED DOCK WORKERS MANAGEMENT BOARD

263A. Special provisions as to the dissolution, etc. of the Dockworkers Management Board.—(1) The Dock-workers Management Board established in the Chittagong Port Authority and the Mongla Port Authority under section 254 of the repealed Chapter XVI, hereinafter referred to as the said Boards, shall stand dissolved and the registration of the dock-workers registered by the said Boards shall be deemed to have stood cancelled.

  • Notwithstanding the dissolution of the two Boards,—
  • all officers and employees of them shall be absorbed in the Chittagong Port Authority and the Mongla Port Authority respectively, and they shall be the officers and employees of them, and shall hold office in the concerned Authority under the same terms and conditions as were applicable to them in the two dissolved Boards before such absorption, until they are altered by the Chittagong Port Authority or as the case may be, by the Mongla Port Authority;
  • in the case of absorption of all officers and employees of them under clause (a), the provisions of the Surplus Public Servants Absorption Ordinance, 1985 (Ordinance No. XXIV of 1985) shall be followed;
  • the provident fund, gratuity, welfare fund, liquid fund of the officers and employees of them shall stand transferred without any charge to the Chittagong Port Authority and the Mongla Port Authority, respectively, and the concerned Authority shall maintain and administer them;
  • all assets, rights, authorities and privileges and movable and immovable property, cash and money deposited in banks or financial institutions, investments, all books of accounts, registers, records and all other documents of them shall stand transferred to, and vested in, the Chittagong Port Authority and the Mongla Port Authority, respectively, and the concerned Authority shall be proprietor of them;
  • all debts or liabilities incurred, all obligations undertaken and all contracts entered into by or with them immediately before such dissolution, shall be deemed to have been incurred, undertaken or entered into by or with the Chittagong Port Authority and the Mongla Port Authority, respectively;
  • all suits and other legal proceedings instituted by or against them immediately before such dissolution shall be deemed to have been instituted by or against the Chittagong Port Authority and the Mongla Port Authority, respectively, and shall be heard and disposed of accordingly. [1]
  • If any difficulty arises as to the application of the provisions of sub-section (2) due to ambiguity, the Government may, for the purpose of removing such difficulty, by an order, take any such measure as may be required by clarifying or explaining of such provisions.]

[1]               “CHAPTER XVI” was omitted by section 4 of the Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. LXVI of 2009).

  • “CHAPTER XVI A” was inserted by section 5 of the Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. LXVI of 2009).