Section 10: Determination of number and extent of wards and conduct of elections

Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956State Act of Madhya Pradesh · Act 23 of 1956

(1) The State Government shall from time to time, by notification in the official gazette, determine the number and extent of wards to be constituted in each Municipal area:

Provided that the total number of wards shall not be more than seventy and not less than forty in any municipal area.

(2) Only one councilor shall be elected from each ward.

(3) The formation of the wards shall be made in such a way that the population of each of the wards shall so far as practicable, be the same throughout the city and the area included in the ward is compact.

(4) As soon as the formation of wards a municipal area is completed, the same shall be reported by the State Government to the State Election Commission.

(5) Omitted

(6) Omitted

Where this provision sits

Act	Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956
Section	10
Marginal note	Determination of number and extent of wards and conduct of elections
Jurisdiction	State of Madhya Pradesh
Status	In force as published by the source

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