Constitution of Rule Committees

(1) A Committee, to be called the Rule Committee, shall be constituted ⁹⁹[for the purpose] referred to in section 122.

¹⁰⁰[(2) Such Committee shall consist of the following persons, namely:-

(a) three Judges of the Supreme Court, one of whom at least has served as a District Judge for three years;

(b) two advocates parctising in that Court; and

(c) a Judge of a Civil Court subordinate to the High Court Division.]

(3) The members of ¹⁰¹[∗∗∗] such Committee shall be appointed by the Chief Justice, who shall also nominate one of their number to be president:

Provided that, if the Chief Justice elects to be himself a member of ¹⁰²[the Committee], the number of other Judges appointed to be members shall be two, and the Chief Justice shall be the President of the Committee.

(4) Each member of ¹⁰³[such committee] shall hold office for such period as may be prescribed by the Chief Justice in this behalf; and whenever any member retires, resigns, dies ¹⁰⁴[∗∗∗] or becomes incapable of acting as a member of the Committee, the said Chief Justice may appoint another person to be a member in his stead.

(5) There shall be a Secretary to ¹⁰⁵[∗∗∗] such Committee, who shall be appointed by the Chief Justice and shall receive such remuneration as may be provided in this behalf by the Government.

⁹⁹ The words "for the purpose" were substituted, for the words "at the town which is the usual place of siting of each of the High Courts" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)

¹⁰⁰ Sub-section (2) was substituted, by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)

¹⁰¹ The word "each" was omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)

¹⁰² The words "the Committee" were substituted, for the words "a Committee" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).

¹⁰³ The words "such Committee" were substituted, for the words "any such Committee" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)

¹⁰⁴ The words and comma "or ceases to reside in the Province in which the Committee was constituted," were omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)

¹⁰⁵ The word "each" was omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)