(1) All the seats in the Municipality shall be filled by persons chosen by direct election, and for this purpose, each municipality shall be divided into such number of wards as mentioned at sub-section (2) of section 5 on territorial basis as prescribed by notification in such a manner that all wards shall have, as far as practicable, equal number of voters and one member shall be elected from each ward, and,
(a) determine the wards in which the seats, if any, reserved under sub-section (1) of section 6 shall be set apart; and
(b) declare for whom such seats are reserved.
(2) All the electors of a ward shall be entitled to vote at an election to any seat in the ward, whether reserved or not.
(3) Where a notification issued under sub-section (1), results in material alteration of the existing division of a Municipality into wards, the Government may direct that the alteration shall take effect from the date of next ordinary elections.
(4) Where any local area within the jurisdiction of any other local authority is included in a Municipality under section 3, the local area shall be added to such adjoining ward or wards of the Municipality, as the Government may direct.
(5) When a new ward is formed, or when an existing ward is abolished, the Government may determine following the procedure under section 3(3) of this Act:-
(a) the ward which each elected member then on the Municipality shall be deemed to represent; and [Act No. 11 of 2019] 27
(b) the ward or wards in which elections shall be held to fill the vacancies, if any, in the Municipality.