বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ তৃতীয় পত্র
The Ministry of Defiance shall function like other ministers of the Government of Bangladesh. The Army Headquarters, the Naval Headquarters and the Air Force Headquarters shall be under the direct control of the Chief of Army Staff, the Chief of Naval Staff and the Chief of Air Staff. In addition to the three Services Headquarters, there are a number of organizations catering to the needs of the three services known as Inter service Organisation. These will be directly administered by the Ministry.
The Ministry will be headed by a Cabinet Minister, who may be assisted by one Deputy Minister and two Parliamentary Secretaries. All policy decisions relating to defense shall be taken by the
(a) Defiance Committee of the Cabinet:
The Chairman of this Committee shall be the Prime Minister and the other members of the Committee shall be the ministers of Defiance, Education and Scientific Research, Home, Finance and Transport and Communication.
The Defiance Committee of the Cabinet deals with all important questions on behalf of the Cabinet relating to Defiance and report to Cabinet such matters as it considers necessary. In the absence of a specific directive from the Defiance Committee, it is the responsibility of the Chairman to determine which of the Committee's decisions should be reported to the Cabinet.
(b)Defiance Minister's Committee (Inter-Service):
Matters which are not important enough to be referred to the Defiance Committee of the Cabinet and concern the three services are decided by the Defiance Minister's (Inter- Service) Committee. The Minister for Defiance shall be the Chairman of the Committee. Other members of the Committee shall be Deputy Secretary for Defiance, the Chiefs of Army, Navy and Air Force. The Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defiance and the Financial Adviser.
(c) Chiefs of Staff Committee:
This Committee, consisting of the Chiefs of the three Services, is collectively the professional adviser of the Government in military matters. The Secretariat of the aforesaid Committee is provided by the Cabinet Secretariat.
Secretariat
The Secretariat Staff consists of:
| Secretary | : | 1 |
| Joint Secretary | : | 2 |
| Deputy Secretary | : | 7 |
| Under Secretary | : | 15 |
| Section Officers | : | 20 |
