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(a) “Act” means the Uniteq Provinces Panchayat Raj Act, 1947 ®) “Te'rritorfal constituency” means the territorial constituency referred to in clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 12 of the Act.
3. Population of each territorial constituency—The population of a Panchayat area shall be divided by the number of members of the Gram Panchayat for that Panchayat area under the provisions of clause (c) of sub-section (1) of Section 12 of the Act, and if the remainder is not less than half of the divisor, the quotient shall be increased by one, and if the remainder is less than half of the divisor it shall be ignored and the number so arrived at shall, so far as practicable, be the population for each constituency in that Panchayat area.