CHAPTER II
ESTABLISHMENT AND CONSTITUTION OF COMMISSION
6.
Establishment etc. of Commission.- On the commencement of this
Act, a Commission to be known as the Bangladesh Telecommunication
Regulatory Commission shall be established.
(2)
The Commission shall be a body corporate having perpetual
succession and a common seal, and shall have rights to acquire and hold
movable and immovable property, to transfer such property, to enter into
contract, to undertake any other activity and to take any action under this Act;
and it can sue and be sued in its own name.
(3)
The common seal of the Commission shall be of such size and
shall contain such particulars as the Commission may determine; it shall be
kept in the custody of the Chairman and shall be used in such cases as the
Commission may determine :
Provided that the common seal shall not be used on any document
unless the Chairman and another Commissioner are present; and they shall, to
mark their presence, sign the document on which the seal is so used.
7.
Constitution of Commission.- (1) The Commission shall consist of 5
(five) Commissioners, and the Government shall appoint one of them to be the
Chairman and another to be the Vice-Chairman.
(2)
At least two of the Commissioners shall be engineers as specified
in clause (a) of sub-section 10(1), and at least one shall be a person as specified
in clause (b) of that sub-section, and another shall be a person as specified in
clause (c) of that sub-section.
(3) No act or proceedings of the Commission shall be illegal nor shall it be called
in question in any court only on the ground of a vacancy in the office of a
Commissioner or a defect in the constitution of the Commission.
8.
Office of Commission.- The principal office of the Commission shall be
situated in Dhaka, however the Commission may, with prior approval of the
Government, establish branch office at any place of the country.
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