(1) Seats shall be reserved by notification by the Commission for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in every Municipality, and the number of seats so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats to be filled by direct election to that Municipality as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the municipal area or of the Scheduled Tribes in the municipal area, as the case may be, bears to the total population of that municipal area, and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different constituencies of that municipality by the Commission.
(2) Not less than one-third of the total number of seats reserved under sub-section (1) shall be reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes or, as the case may be, the Scheduled Tribes.
(3) Not less than one-third of the total number of seats, including the seats reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes undersub-section (2), to be filled by direct election to a Municipality, shall be reserved for women, and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different constituencies of that Municipality by the Commission.
Breach of official duty in connection with the preparation etc. of electoral rolls.
Reservation of seats.
321 The West Bengal Municipal Elections Act, 1994.
[West Ben. Act General disqualifications for membership of a Municipality.
(Chapter V.—Elections.—Section 30.)
(4) The office of Chairperson of a Municipality shall be reserved for a woman candidate for the first term if at least 50 per cent of the total number of elected members are women. The office of Chairperson of a Municipality shall be reserved for a Scheduled Caste candidate for the next term if at least 50 per cent of the elected members belong to the Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribe communities. The office of Chairperson of a Municipality shall be reserved for a Scheduled Tribe candidate for the next term where at least 50 per cent of the elected members belong to the Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribe communities.