Diplomats or govt staffs can now marry foreigners
The Council of Advisers yesterday approved legal amendment allowing diplomatic job-holders or any employees of the republic to marry foreigners.
With the approval to the Public Servant (Marriage with Foreign Nationals) (Amendment) 2008, BCS Foreign Cadre officers can now marry foreign nationals with the permission of the president.
A meeting of the Council of Advisers with Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed in the chair approved the ordinance amending the Public Servant (Marriage with Foreign Nationals) Ordinance 1976.
Under provision of the 1976 ordinance, government employees could marry foreign nationals with the permission of the president, but in a section of the ordinance there was an embargo regarding marriage of the foreign ministry employees with foreigners.
Following approval of the ordinance, which incidentally came in the wake of the marriage of a diplomat with a foreigner, there will be “no legal discrimination in marrying foreign nationals by employees of the republic.”
The meeting also gave final approval to the Securities and Exchange (Amendment) Ordinance 2008 amending the Securities and Exchange Ordinance 1969 to make the law guiding the stock market up to date.
Under the new ordinance, the period of trade suspension has been extended to 45 days and another 45 days, if necessary, from the existing 14 days and another 14 days.
In the ordinance a provision has been included that, if a person or institution is accused of an offense, the person or the institution will have to give bank-account information to the probe committee to be formed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
There is a provision that a portion of the fined money from person or institution for violating the rules of the SEC will be compensated to affected investors on the basis of the level of losses. Presently, the fined money is deposited with the fund of the SEC.
The council of advisers also approved in principle The Bangla Academy Ordinance 2008 aiming to make the institution more dynamic and time-befitting.
Members of the Advisory Council attended the meeting at the CA's office. Cabinet Secretary, CA's Press Secretary and Secretaries concerned were also present.
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