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Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
(b) compelling the production of documents.
Ombudsman
77. (1) Parliament may, by law, provide for the establishment of the office of Ombudsman.
(2) The Ombudsman shall exercise such powers and perform such functions as Parliament may, by law,
determine, including the power to investigate any action taken by a Ministry, a public officer or a statutory
public authority.
(3) The Ombudsman shall prepare an annual report concerning the discharge of his functions, and such
report shall be laid before Parliament.
78. (1) The validity of the proceedings in Parliament shall not be questioned in any court.
(2) A member or officer of Parliament in whom powers are vested for the regulation of procedure, the
conduct of business or the maintenance of order in Parliament, shall not in relation to the exercise by him of
any such powers be subject to the jurisdiction of any court.
Privileges and immunities of
Parliament and members
(3) A member of Parliament shall not be liable to proceedings in any court in respect of anything said, or
any vote given, by him in Parliament or in any committee thereof.
(4) A person shall not be liable to proceedings in any court in respect of the publication by or under the
authority of Parliament of any report, paper, vote or proceeding.
(5) Subject to this article, the privileges of Parliament and of its committees and member may be
determined by Act of Parliament.
Secretariat of Parliament
79. (1) Parliament shall have its own secretariat.
(2) Parliament may, by law, regulate the recruitment and conditions of service of persons appointed to the
secretariat of Parliament.
(3) Until provision is made by Parliament the President may, after consultation with the Speaker, make rules
regulating the recruitment and condition of service of persons appointed to the secretariat of Parliament, and
rules so made shall have effect subject to the provisions of any law.
CHAPTER II
LEGISLATIVE AND FINANCIAL PROCEDURES
80. (1) Every proposal in Parliament for making a law shall be made in the form of a Bill.
(2) When a Bill is passed by Parliament it shall be presented to the President for assent.
Legislative procedure
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[ (3) The President within fifteen days after a Bill is presented to him, shall assent to the Bill or, in the
case of a Bill other than a Money Bill, may return it to Parliament with a message requesting that the Bill or
any particular provisions thereof be reconsidered, and that any amendments specified by him in the message
be considered ; and if he fails so to do he shall be deemed to have assented to the Bill at the expiration of
that period.]
(4) If the President so returns the Bill Parliament shall consider it together with the President's message, and
if the Bill is again passed by Parliament with or without amendments 54[ ***], it shall be presented to the
President for his assent, whereupon the President shall assent to the Bill within the period of seven days
after it has been presented to him, and if he fails to do so he shall be deemed to have assented to the Bill
on the expiration of that period.
(5) When the President has assented or is deemed to have assented to a Bill passed by Parliament it shall
become law and shall be called an Act of Parliament.
Money Bills
81. (1) In this Part “Money Bill” means a Bill containing only provisions dealing with all or any of the
following matters –
(a) the imposition, regulation, alteration, remission or repeal of any tax;
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