Section VI
District Organisation: Scope and Set-up

1. Scope and Set-up

1. The Provincial President shall, on recommendations of his Council, determine Organisational Districts of the Jama’at.

2. The District set-up shall comprise of the District President, District Council, and District Secretary; unless the circumstances demand for some other set-up as a temporary arrangement.
3. District set-up shall be subordinate to the Divisional set-up, and shall keep contact with higher set-ups through it.
4. Obedience to the District set-up shall be binding on the Jama’at members of the District.

A person shall be responsible for the District set-up, to be called "District President". His position shall be of the representative of the Central President and he shall be answerable to the Presidents of higher set-ups.

Appointment and dismissal (Article 68)

The Central President shall Appoint or dismiss the District President in consultation with the Provincial and Divisional Presidents; and in doing so shall give as much consideration as possible to the opinion of members from the District besides keeping in view the interests of the Jama’at. The appointment of the District President shall be for two years.

Article 69

Before taking charge of office, the District President shall take oath before the Provincial President or a person or persons appointed by him, as given in Appendix I of this Constitution.

Article 70

The District President shall be responsible for the whole set-up of the Jama’at’s in his District, and his duties and powers shall be basically same as those of the Divisional President in the Division. (Article 56, 57).

Composition and Tenure (Article 71)

District Council shall be established only in those districts where there are at least 20 member of the Jama’at or the number of the subordinate units is not less than five; unless in the opinion of the Provincial President, the requirements of a particular district demand changing of this rule.

1. District Councils shall be directly elected by the members of the district.

The number of members of the Council shall be determined by the District President. (See, Appendix 4, article 3)

2. Members of the Council shall be elected for one year.

Article 73

The District President shall be the Chair and the District Secretary ex-officio member and secretary of the District Council. (Article 73, Amendment January 1978.)

Article 74

The District President shall convene the inaugural session of the new District Council within one month of its election, where every member shall individually take the oath before the District President as given in Appendix 2 of this constitution. Afterwards, the District President shall apprise them about their duties and responsibilities as well as prevalent situation and state of affairs of the Jama’at in the District.

1. Except for the day-to-day affairs, the District President shall decide on all the important matters in consultation with the District Council.

2. In case of discord between the District President and the Council, the case shall be referred to the Presidents of higher set-ups.

The Session (Article 76)

District Council shall meet thrice a year for ordinary session.

Article 77

Extraordinary session of the District Council may be called any time under the following conditions:

• District President considers it necessary.

• At least 2 of the Council’s members requisition it in writing.
• The District Department for Organisational Affairs, in case of absence of the Divisional President, finds it necessary.
• Any President of higher set-up orders to convene it.

Duties and powers (Article 78)

The duties and powers of the District Council and of its members in their district shall be the same as those of the Divisional Council and its members in their division. (Article 63)

1. The District Secretary shall normally be appointed only in such districts where there are District Councils. The District President shall make this appointment in consultation with his Council.

2. Before taking charge of office, the District Secretary shall take oath of office as given in Appendix 3 of this Constitution.

3. District Secretary shall remain in office as long as the District President is satisfied with his work.

Article 80

The District Secretary shall be the aide and representative of the District President in all matters of the Jama’at in his District, and shall execute the duties assigned to him by the District President and shall be answerable to him.