( 1) Subject to the provision of sub-section (3) the total number of Total number of seats in every Municipality, to be filled by persons chosen by direct election for direct e lect ion in from Municipal constituencies, and the number of seats. if any, to be reserved for the Schedule Castes and for the Schedule Tribes of the Municipality and ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i ~ ~ l including the number of seats to be reserved for women shall be such as the constituencies.
State Government may dertermine by notification :
Provided that one seat may be allotted for population of not less than eight hundred, in larger or smaller Urban Municiapl area and not less than such population as the State Government may determine for transitional Municipal Area.
(2) Every Municipal constituency referred to in sub-section (1) shall be a single member constituency.
(3) The number of seats to be filled by direct election in every Municipality shall be-
(a) in the case of a Corporation, not less than twenty and not more than forty ;
(b) in the case of a Municipal Council, not less than fifteen and not more than twentyfive ; and
(c) in the case of a Nagar Panchayat. not less than five and not more than fifteen.
(4) ( i ) For the purpose of election to the Municipality, every Municipal area shall be divided by such authority and in such manner as may be prescribed, into such number of territorial constituencies as ]nay be determined under sub-section (1) to be known Wards having regard to the population, dwelling pattern, geopraphical condition and economic condition of the area included in each constituency :
Provided that the ratio of population of each constituency shall, as far as practicable, be the sanle throughout the Municipal area.
582 ( i i ) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall affect the existing number of members of a Municipality until the first general election under this Act is held.
'[Provided further that after a General Election, if due to exclusion of any area from or inclusion of any area in a Municipality the number of seats and constituencies for such a Municipality, determined in he General Election, is affected, determination of total number of seats including reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and ScheduledTribes and division of the miinicipal area into constituencies shall be made afresh before conducting next election.
in such manner, as may be prescribed.]
Constitution 13. ( i ) There may be the constituted Wards Committees, consisting of CO"'position one or more wards, within the territorial area of a Municipality having a of wards Committees P opulation of three lakhs or more.
etc. .I
(2) The composition and the territorial area of a Wards Committee and the manner in which the seats in a Wards Committee shall be filled, shall be such as may be prescribed.
(3) Where a Wards Committee consists of -
(a) one ward, the member representing that ward in the Municipality ; or
(b) two or more wards, the members representing such wards in the Municipality shall elect one of them to be the Chairperson of that Committee. ,