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Section 10-A: Reservation of seats for certain categories.

The Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Corporation Act, 2000Union territory Act of Jammu and Kashmir · Act 21 of 2000

[10-A. Reservation of seats for certain categories. ––(1) Seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in every Corporation in proportion to the total population of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the area falling under the Municipal Corporation and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different constituencies in a Corporation.

(2) Not less than one-third of the total number of seats reserved under sub-section (1) shall be reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes, as the case may be.

(3) Not less than one-third (including the number of seats reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes) of the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in the Corporation shall be reserved for women and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different constituencies in the Corporation.

[(3-A) A person who becomes a member or an office bearer of a Corporation on production of a false Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe Certificate, shall be disqualified from the date on which it is found that he had become such member or office bearer on the basis of such false caste certificate and shall continue to be disqualified for further period of six years].

(4) The Deputy Commissioner concerned or the Chief Electoral Officer, as the Government may appoint in this behalf, shall be the competent authority for purposes of this Act].

Where this provision sits

ActThe Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Corporation Act, 2000
Section10-A
Marginal noteReservation of seats for certain categories.
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.

  • inserted, Act No. XIV of 2005. . Section 10-A inserted by Act No. XIV of 2005, s. 2, w.e.f. 28.09.2004.
  • inserted, Act No. IX of 2006. . Sub-section (3-A) inserted by Act No. IX of 2006, s. 3.

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