Law update
The House passed the much-awaited Right to Information (RTI) Act 2009 on March 30, 2009. The government had placed the bill in parliament seeking to enact a law to ensure people's empowerment by allowing them to have access to their right to information.
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The House on March 31, 2009 passed two bills titled Sylhet Metropolitan Police Act 2009 and Barisal Metropolitan Police Act 2009 for continuation of their functions that began in 2006.
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The bill titled Upazila Parishad (Reintroduction of the Repealed Act and Amendment) Bill 2009 was placed in parliament on February 24 and unanimously passed on April 6, 2009. Two other bills, Begum Rokeya University Rangpur Act 2009 and Bangladesh University of Professionals Act 2009, were also passed.
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The parliament passed the bill titled Code of Criminal Procedure (amendment) Act, 2009 on April 7, 2009, empowering the executive magistrates to take cognisance of offences. The House also passed another bill titled Padma Multipurpose Bridge (land requisition) Act 2009 on the same day.
Three bills were placed in parliament on March 30, 2009, titled-
*Law and Order Disruption Offence (Speedy Trial) (Amendment) Act 2009,
*Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project (Land Requisition) Act 2009, and
*Public Procurement (Amendment) Act 2009.
-- Compiled by Law Desk.
