Section 5Appointment of Deputy Commissioner and subordinate officers

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5. Appointment of Deputy Commissioner and subordinate officers The [Government] may, by notification in the Official Gazette,- (a) appoint any person to be the Deputy Commissioner of the Chittagong Hill-tracts; and (b) appoint so many Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collectors and other officers as it thinks fit to assist in the administration of the said tracts.

1. 6. The word "Government" was substituted, for the words "Provincial Government" by Article 8 of the Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972 (President's Order No. 48 of 1972).