Local Government (Municipalities) Act, 2009 (Act No. 58 of 2009).

This Act repeals the existing Municipal Ordinance and applies to the whole of Bangladesh. The Government shall, through a notification published in the Government Gazette, after analyzing the necessary information such as: (a) population, (b) density of population, (c) sources of local income (d) percentage of non-agricultural occupations, and (e) economic importance of the area. Any rural area can express its intention to declare it as an urban area. After the coming into force of this Act the Government may establish a new municipality comprising one or more declared urban areas and the area included in the said municipality shall be known as the municipal area. The Municipality shall be a statutory body and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall, subject to this Act and the rules, regulations and by-laws made thereunder, have power to acquire, hold and transfer immovable properties. The Government may— a) constitute municipalities comprising other urban areas; b) contract, extend or otherwise alter or amend the boundaries of the municipal area of any municipality; c) include in the municipal area any urban area adjacent to the municipal area; d) divide a municipal area into two or more; e) merge two or more contiguous municipal areas into one municipal area; and f) redefine the boundaries of two or more municipal areas.