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EC forms 80 electoral probe committees

Staff Correspondent
The Election Commission (EC) yesterday constituted 80 electoral enquiry committees comprising judicial officers to prevent and control polis-related irregularities prior to the December 18 parliamentary election.
As the number of parliamentary seats for Dhaka metropolitan area has now risen to 15 from seven in the past, eight enquiry committees will work in the area, and one in each in the 64 districts to stop pre election irregularities by political parties and candidates, sources in the EC said.
Four enquiry committees will work in Chittagong metropolitan area and one each in Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal and Sylhet metropolitan areas.
Each committee comprises two judicial officers such as additional district judge, joint district judge,
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additional chief judicial magistrate, senior assistant judge, senior judicial magistrate, judicial magistrate and assistant judge.
The EC has already appointed two election-monitoring officers in each district, who will assist the enquiry committees.
The committees will mainly oversee whether the political parties and candidates are abiding by electoral laws and code of conduct ornot.
The probe bodies may investigate any matter or situation on the basis of information received by it. or complaints made to it, or on its own initiative, and recommend within three days of the inquiry that the EC take necessary actions.
Following this, the EC may issue orders or instructions to the persons concerned or political parties which they must comply with.
In case of non-compliance of an order, the EC may impose a fine not exceeding taka one lakh but not less than Tk 20,000 on the person concerned or political party.
Besides, for the first time the EC is going to conduct parliamentary polls having the authority to cancel candidature on grounds of irregularities.
Earlier, the law ministry had taken approval from the Supreme Court regarding the EC's formation of electoral enquiry committees comprising judicial officers.
The EC Secretariat yesterday issued a gazette notification completing formation of the committees.