Qualification for Membership

Every person whose name is in the list of voters of any municipal ward shall, unless disqualified under this Act or under any other law for the time being in force, be qualified to be elected as a member of the municipality: Provided that in the case of seats reserved for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or Backward Classes or Women, no person who is not a member of any of the Schedule Castes or Scheduled Tribes or Backward Classes or is not a woman, as the case may be, shall be qualified to be elected to such seat.