Every Panchayat Union Council shall consist of persons elected from the wards in the Panchayat Union, as may be notified from time to time by the Government 2[at the rate of one member for such population as may be prescribed] of the Panchayat Union area as ascertain the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published. Such a ward of the Panchayat Union area may either comprise a full ward or one or more wards of the Village Panchayats :
Provided that no person shall be eligible to be elected as a member of more than one ward in the same Panchayat Union or as a member of more than one Panchayat Union Council under this Act:
Provided further that a person who stands for elections as a member of a Panchayat Union Council shall not be eligible to stand for election as a member of a Village Panchayat, President of a Village Panchayat or a member of a District Panchayat:
Provided also that no member of a Panchayat Union Council shall be eligible to stand for election as a member of a Village Panchayat, President of a Village Panchayat or a member of a District Panchayat.]
1. Section 19 was substituted by Tamil Nadu Act 21 of 1996.
2. Substituted for the expression “at the rate of one member as nearly as may be, for every five thousand population” by Tamil Nadu Act 17 of 2006 w.e.f. 14.7.2006.
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