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Con­stitutional authority - Statutory authority

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TitleCon­stitutional authority - Statutory authority
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The Speaker discharging a constitutional obligation in exercise of a constitu­tional power wears the hat of a con­stitutional authority. The Speaker ex­ercising or refusing to exercise his function under section 3 of Act No. 1 of 1981 wears the hat of a statutory authority. 

(Secretary, Parliament Secre­tariat, Dhaka Vs. Khandker Delwar Hossain and others, 1999, 27 CLC (AD) [3627])

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