Page 15 of 82 CHAPTER II ESTABLISHMENT AND CONSTITUTION OF COMMISSION 6. Establishment etc. of Commission.- On the commencement of this Act, a Commission to be known as the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission shall be established. (2) The Commission shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall have rights to acquire and hold movable and immovable property, to transfer such property, to enter into contract, to undertake any other activity and to take any action under this Act; and it can sue and be sued in its own name. (3) The common seal of the Commission shall be of such size and shall contain such particulars as the Commission may determine; it shall be kept in the custody of the Chairman and shall be used in such cases as the Commission may determine : Provided that the common seal shall not be used on any document unless the Chairman and another Commissioner are present; and they shall, to mark their presence, sign the document on which the seal is so used. 7. Constitution of Commission.- (1) The Commission shall consist of 5 (five) Commissioners, and the Government shall appoint one of them to be the Chairman and another to be the Vice-Chairman. (2) At least two of the Commissioners shall be engineers as specified in clause (a) of sub-section 10(1), and at least one shall be a person as specified in clause (b) of that sub-section, and another shall be a person as specified in clause (c) of that sub-section. (3) No act or proceedings of the Commission shall be illegal nor shall it be called in question in any court only on the ground of a vacancy in the office of a Commissioner or a defect in the constitution of the Commission. 8. Office of Commission.- The principal office of the Commission shall be situated in Dhaka, however the Commission may, with prior approval of the Government, establish branch office at any place of the country. BTRC-TelecomLaw2001.doc 15 - 15 -

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