Section 8: Qualifications for councillorship.

The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957Central Act · Act 66 of 1957

A person shall not be qualified to be chosen as a councillor [unless he has attained the age of twenty-one years and his name] is registered as an elector in the electoral roll for a ward:

Provided that in the case of a seat reserved for the Scheduled Castes, a person shall not be so qualified unless he is also a member of any of the said castes:

[Provided further that in the case of a seat reserved for woman, no person other than a woman shall be qualified to be chosen as a councillor.]

Where this provision sits

Act	The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957
Section	8
Marginal note	Qualifications for councillorship.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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substituted. . Subs. by s. 16, ibid. for "unless his name" (w.e.f. 1-10-1993).
inserted. . The proviso ins. by s. 16, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-10-1993).

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