(l) The general board of the Municipality shall decide one of the members of the Municipality to be nominated for Town Vending Committee.
(2) The Municipality by resolution may decide for the mode of nominating the members from the Street Vendor Associations, Market and Trade Associations, etc. by anyone of the following procedures :—
(a) Where it has been decided to go for a ballot based election for tle non-official members of the Town Vending Committee, the institution-wise election shall be conducted by the Collector or his representative following the procedure usually adopted for the election of the representatives of the Municipality.
(b) Where it has been decided to select by lot, the following prodedure shall be followed, namely :— i. the Municipality shall publish a notice calling for applictions for the membership of Town Vending Committee, on its website and in any two prominent local newspapers published in the local language of the area. A copy of the notice shall also be displayed in any conspicuous place in the local market or markets within the jurisdiction of the Municipality ;
ii. the publication of such notice shall contain, amongst other things, the date of publication, the form for the application, qualification of the candidate, the last date for submission and the manner of submission of the aplication ;
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iv. any person, being a member of any association of street vendors, the market association, the traders association, etc. is eligible to apply for membership of committee.
Provided that such person must have completed the age of eighteen years and had not been convicted by any court of law for any criminal offence declaring incompetent to take part in the general election ;
v. the Municipality may seek information, with respect to, particulars of the applicant and details of work experience, particularly in the field of informal market or markets and street vending within the jurisdiction of the Municipality, and such other information as it may deem fit ;
vi. the Municipality, on receipt of such applications shall allot a unique number to each application and communicate the same to every applicant ; and vii. if the applications received for a particular category are more than the required numbers, the Municipality shall select the member on the basis of lottery. Such lottery shall be held in the presence of the interested parties.
(3) The election for the members of the Town Vending Committee from amongst the street vendors shall be conducted in the manner provided in the Schedule appended to these rules.
(4) The National Lead Bank shall nominate one of its officials as a member for the committee.
(5) The Municipality shall publish the aforesaid information and the list of nominated members of Town Vending Committee on its website, within thirty days from the last date for submission of application for the membership of the committee.
(6) The formation of the Town Vending Committee (both official and non-official members) shall be published by the Government in the Official Gazette.
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