"ELECTORAL ROLLS FOR COUNCIL CONSTITUENCIES".
11. Section 26 of the principal Act shall be omitted. *
12. In section 27 of the principal Act,—
(a) for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely: — Amendment of section
20.
Substitution of new heading for the heading of Part IV.
Omission of section 26.
Amendment of section 27.
" (2) For the purpose of elections to the Legislative Council of a State in any local authorities' constituency—
(a) the electorate shall consist of members of such local authorities exercising jurisdiction in any place or area within the limits of that constituency as are specified in relation to that State in the Fourth Schedule;
(b) every member of each such local authority within a local authorities' constituency shall be entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for that constituency;
(c) the electoral registration officer for every Ipcal authorities' constituency shall maintain in his office in .
the prescribed manner and form the electoral roll for that constituency corrected up-to-date;
(d) in order to enable the electoral registration officer to maintain the electoral roll corrected up-to-date the chief executive officer of every local authority (by whatever designation such officer may be known) shall immediately inform the electoral registration officer about every change in the membership of that local authority; and the electoral registration officer shall, on receipt of the information, strike off from the electoral roll the names of persons who have ceased to be, and $4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II SEC 1] include therein the names of persons who have become members of that local authority; and
(e) the provisions of sections 15, 16, 18, 22, and 25 shall apply in relation to local authorities' constituencies as they apply in relation to assembly constituencies.";
(b) for sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely: — "(4) The provisions of sections 15, 16, 18, 22, 23 and 25 shall apply in relation to graduates' constituencies an$ teachers' constituencies as they apply in relation to assembly constituencies.";
(c)*in sub-section (5), clause (a) shall be omitted, and clauses (b) and (c) shall be re-lettered respectively as clauses
(a) and (b);
(d) for sub-section (6), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely: — "(6) For the purposes, of sub-sections (4) and (5) the qualifying date shall be the 1st day .of January of the year in which the electoral roll is prepared; and the roll so prepared shall come into force immediately upon its final publi-_ cation in accordance with the rules made under this? Act.".
13. Section 27F of the principal Act shall be omitted.
14. In the Fourth Schedule to the principal Act, under the subheading "Madras", in item 4, for the words "Major PaachayaW*; the words and figure "Class I Panchayats" shall be substituted.
Omission of tertlon 27F.
Amendment of the fourth Schedule.
Consequential amendments in Act XLIX of 1951-
15. In the Government of Part C States Act, 1951,—
(a) in section 2, in sub-section (1), in clause (b), for the words, brackets and figures "by order made under sub-section
(2) of section 4", the words "by law" shall be substituted;
(b) in section 4, sub-section (1) shall be omitted; and
(c) section 6 shall be omitted.
RAJENDRA PRASAD, President.
K. Y. BHANDARKAR, ~ Secy, to the Govt, of India.
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