Where the head of the district administration is convinced that special measures are required to secure village defense of public security, he may by order require that all or any of the able bodied adult male inhabitants of the union shall be liable to patrol duty for such period as may be specified in the order.
Second Tier.
The second tier in the basic democracies is the Thana Council for East Pakistan and the Tehsil Council for West Pakistan. These will coordinate the activities of all Union Councils and Town and Union Committees in their jurisdiction. In the discharge of their functions the Thana Councils shall be responsible to the District Council concerned.
The Thana Council shall consist of representative members with such number of official and nominated non-official (appointed) members as may be fixed by the Commissioner. The chairman of the union councils and union and town committees shall be ex-officio (representative) members of Thana Councils. The total number of official and appointed members of the council will not be more than one half of the total number of its representative members. The Subdivisional Officer, an ex-officio member, will be its chairman.
Third Tier.
The third tier will be the District Council. The chairman of the Thana or Tehsil councils and of the Municipal Bodies and the Vice-Presidents of the Cantonment Boards within the district and such representatives of departments as may be specified by the Government and appointed by the Commissioner of the Division shall be ex- officio (official) members of the District Council. The total number of appointed non- official members of a District Council shall not be less than the total number of its official members and at least one half shall be chosen from amongst the chairmen of the union councils and of the town and union committees in the district. The Collector of the district shall be an ex-officio member and chairman.
Fourth Tier.
The fourth tier Divisional Council will consist of chairmen of the District Councils (Collectors in their new capacity in the basic democracies) and such representatives of Government Departments and Cantonment Boards and of Municipal Bodies as may be appointed by the Government who will be ex-officio official members of the Divisional Council. The total number of appointed non- official members of a Divisional Council shall not be less than total number of its official members and at least one half of the appointed members shall be chosen from amongst the chairmen of union councils, union committees and town committees in the Division. The Commissioner of Division shall ex-officio be one of the official members of the council and its Chairman.
ADVISORY COUNCILS
Then there will be two Provincial Development Advisory Councils. Each of them will consist of such number of official and appointed members as may be fixed by the
