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section 4

Fresh revision of Municipal election roll

The Bombay Municipal Corporation (Revision of Election Roll and Further Extension of Term) Act, 1978
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  1. (1) The final ward rolls published on the 23rd day of March 1978 under paragraph
    • (vi) of clause
    • (b) of sub-section
  2. (1) of section 19 of the principal Act shall again be published as draft ward rolls under paragraph
    • (i) of the said clause
    • (b) for inviting applications for the inclusion of names or for correction of entries therein, within a period of thirty days from the date of their publication.
  3. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the principal Act or in any notification issued thereunder, the relevant date for the purposes of paragraph
    • (i) of the said clause
    • (b) in respect of the draft ward rolls published as required by sub-section
  4. (1) shall be the 1st day of August 1978 and the period of forty-five days referred to in paragraphs
    • (iv) and
    • (vi) of the said clause
    • (b) shall, for the purpose of finalisation of the ward rolls, stand reduced to thirty-seven days.
  5. (3) After following the further procedure laid down in the said clause (b), and carrying out the necessary changes, the final ward rolls shall be published under paragraph
    • (vi) of the said clause (b). The final ward rolls so published shall collectively be deemed to be the municipal election roll for the purposes of the ensuing general elections.
  6. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1A) of section 5 read with sub-section
  7. (1) of section 19 of the principal Act, Government Notification, Urban Development and Public Health Department, No BMC-1177/3094-UD-3, dated the 30th August 1977, shall be deemed to be cancelled, and the State Government shall issue a fresh notification to provide for reservation for members of Scheduled Castes such number of seats out of the total number of seats available and to specify the wards in which the seats shall be reserved, having regard to the population of such members in Greater Bombay and having regard to the necessity of spreading over such reserved seats in different parts of Greater Bombay.
  8. (5) After the final ward rolls are published and the fresh notification referred to in sub-section
  9. (4) is issued, the Municipal Commissioner shall fix the dates for the various stages of the general elections and take other necessary action for holding the elections under section 22 and other relevant provisions of the principal Act.

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