Legal guide · evidence through 4 September 2026

Texts, institutions and lived administration

The Constitution, the CHT Regulation 1900, council laws, the Accord framework, land law, courts, ministries and customary authorities overlap. The authoritative text, current consolidation and exact issue matter.

Not legal advice. This public guide cannot determine rights, title, jurisdiction, limitation periods or a remedy in an individual matter. Consult the authoritative Bengali text and qualified counsel.

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Mandate and operation matrix

Do not read a mandate as proof of implementation
Instrument/body	Text or mandate	Formal status	Capacity evidence	Operational evidence
Constitution	Article 152 includes legally operative custom in “law”; Article 23A uses specified official terminology.	Controlling constitutional text	Not applicable as an office	Application depends on issue and forum.
CHT Regulation 1900	Special administrative and land framework	Appellate Division treated it as continuing special law in Wagachara.	Certified current consolidation still needed	Jurisdiction must be proven case by case.
Hill District Councils	Statutory local functions and Accord-linked transfers	Acts and amendments exist	Transfer, posts and budget vary by subject	Absent regular HDC elections is a distinct democratic gap.
Regional Council	Regional coordination and supervision framework	Act enacted; litigation history incomplete	Current records incomplete	Meeting does not itself show outcome.
Land Commission	Custom-sensitive dispute resolution and restoration powers	2001 Act, amended 2016	Rules, docket and execution data incomplete	No public basis for a blanket resolution claim.

S2:[MS0087] [MS0091] [MS0094] [MS0095] [MS0099]; S4:[MS0269] [MS0270].

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Controlling text

Use certified Bengali gazettes and current consolidations. English versions are aids unless officially controlling.

Language/version note

Reviewed English versions contain a material “or” versus “and” difference in permanent-resident wording. Do not silently reconcile it.

Plain-language explanation

Plain-language explanation remains visibly separate from the controlling quotation.

Source and limits

Record title, issuer, date, section/page, access status, later amendments, litigation and missing instruments.

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