(1) The Electoral Roll of a Panchayat, hereinafter referred to as “the roll’, shall be prepared by reference to the qualifying date, by the Panchayat Electoral Registration Officer, by integrating the particulars in the various entries available in such part or 2[portion thereof of] the current electoral roll of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and the various amendments issued to it from time to time, as they relate to the Ward of the Village Panchayat or a portion thereof of.
(2) The roll shall be divided into convenient parts which shall be numbered consecutively.
(3) There shall be a separate part or parts of the rolls for each Ward of a Village Panchayat.
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(4) The number of electors included in any part of the roll shall not ordinarily exceed one thousand five hundred and in case, where it exceeds one thousand five hundred, it shall be prepared in more than one part in a convenient manner in accordance with the directions issued by the State Election Commission from time to time.
13[(5) The electoral roll shall be prepared before every ordinary or causal election.]