Section 7Section 7

s. 7

7 [[(1) There shall be constituted a Unit of the Society in each District and in each City] (2) Subject to the control of the Managing Board, the administration and management of the affairs and business of a Unit shall vest in an Executive Committee consisting of- (a) a Chairman; (b) a Vice-Chairman; (c) a Secretary; and (d) [eight] other members. [(3) The Chairman of the Zilla Parishad in the case of a District and the Mayor of the Municipal Corporation in the case of a City shall be the Chairman of the Executive Committee of such Unit. Explanation.- “Chairman of the Zilla Parishad” or “Mayor of the Municipal Corporation” shall include a person for the time being performing the functions of that office.] (4) The Vice-Chairman, the Secretary and [five of the eight] other members shall be elected in such manner as may be prescribed; and the three other members shall be nominated by the [Chairman of the Society from amongst its members on the recommendation of the Chairman of the Executive Committee concerned]. [* * *]. (6) A Unit may admit persons to any grade of membership of the Society in such manner and on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed: Provided that the membership shall be open to all citizens of Bangladesh without any discrimination on grounds of race, sex, class, religion or political opinion. [(7) In this Article “City” means the City of Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna or Rajshahi.]

1. 10. Articles 7 and 7A were substituted for former Article 7 by section 2 of the Bangladesh Red Cross Society (Amendment) Ordinance, 1975 (Ordinance No. XLIX of 1975)
2. 11. Clause (1) was substituted by section 2 of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (Amendment) Act, 1989 (Act No. XIV of 1989)
3. 12. The word “eight” was substituted for the word “six” by section 2 of the Bangladesh Red Cross Society (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Act No. XXXIV of 1980)
4. 13. Clause (3) was substituted by section 2 of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (Amendment) Act, 1989 (Act No. XIV of 1989)
5. 14. The words “five of the eight” were substituted for the words “three of the six” by section 2 of the Bangladesh Red Cross Society (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Act No. XXXIV of 1980)
6. 15. The words “Chairman of the Society from amongst its members on the recommendation of the Chairman of the Executive Committee concerned” were substituted for the words “Chairman of the Society” by section 2 of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (Amendment) Act, 1989 (Act No. XIV of 1989)
7. 16. Clause (5) was omitted by section 3 of the Bangladesh Red Cross Society (Amendment) Ordinance, 1985 (Ordinance No. IX of 1985)
8. 17. Clause (7) was added by section 2 of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (Amendment) Act, 1989 (Act No. XIV of 1989).