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Navy, air force officers also get magistracy power

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Officers of the navy and the air force have also been given magistracy powers, two weeks after it was granted exclusively to army officers with immediate effect for 60 days.

As such, magistracy powers can now be exercised by officers in all three services with the rank of captains and above.

Multiple senior officials at the Ministry of Public Administration confirmed the development to The Daily Star last night.

An officer with magistracy power can arrest people and put them in custody. In self-defence and extreme need, the officer can open fire, said an adviser to the interim government.

Earlier, on September 17, the Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification granting magistracy powers to commissioned officers of the army with the rank of captain and above.

To improve the current law and order situation, army officers were initially granted magistracy powers.

However, according to an additional secretary that order was amended yesterday to extend these powers to officers of the "armed forces," which also includes the navy and air force.

When asked, Public Relations Officer of the public administration ministry, Md Mansur Hossen, also confirmed that the word "armed forces" has been added replacing "army" to the previously issued notification from September 17.

No new notification was issued; instead, the original one was modified under the same reference number and date.​
 

Govt extends army's magistracy power for two more months
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Updated: 16 Nov 2024, 22: 02

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Army men are patrolling in the capital's Kakrail area on 2 November 2024Prothom Alo file photo

The government has extended the magistracy power given to commissioned army officers for another two months (60 days).

The public administration ministry, in a circular issued on Friday, said officers on deputation in Bangladesh Coast Guard and Border Guard Bangladesh will also be able to exercise the magistracy power.

Their jurisdiction for exercising magistracy power will be across the country, the circular said, adding that the 60-day countdown will start from the circular issuance date.

Earlier on 17 September, the government gave the power of magistracy to commissioned army officers for 60 days to improve law and order.​
 

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