Section 6Conditions of enrolment

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6. Conditions of enrolment (1) [Any citizen of Bangladesh] may offer himself for enrolment in the Bangladesh National Guard and any such person who satisfies the prescribed conditions may be enrolled for the prescribed period and in the prescribed manner. [(2) Any person residing in a district may apply to be enrolled for service in any unit constituted for that district.] (3) Where, in pursuance of the proviso to section 4, the [Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh Army] authorises the recruitment of a unit from persons belonging to a district other than that for which the unit was constituted, an applicant for enrolment may, notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), apply to be enrolled in any unit so recruited.

1. 6. Sub-section (2) was substituted by section 3 and the Second Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
2. 7. The words “Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh Army” were substituted for the words and commas “Commander-in-Chief, Pakistan Army,” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)