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Section 22: Election of President and Vice-President.

The Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Act, 2000Union territory Act of Jammu and Kashmir · Act 20 of 2000

Every Municipal Committee or Municipal Council [shall elect [x x x x] one of its elected members to be the President and another to be the Vice-President, and the member so elected shall become President or the Vice-President, as the case may be, of the Municipal Committee or a Municipal Council :

Provided that the office of President in Municipal Committee and Municipal Councils shall be reserved for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women in accordance with the provisions made in section 12 :

Provided further that if the office of the President or Vice-President is vacated during his tenure on account of death, resignation, removal or noconfidence motion, a fresh election for the remainder of the period shall be held from the same category.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Act, 2000
Section22
Marginal noteElection of President and Vice-President.
JurisdictionUnion territory of Jammu and Kashmir
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Act No. VIII of 2010. . Substituted for the words “shall elect” by Act No. VIII of 2010, s. 3, w.e.f. 21.04.2010.
  • omitted, S.O. 3466 of 2020. . Words “through open ballot” omitted by S.O. 3466 of 2020.

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