Amendment of section 5

In section 5 of the Tirunelveli Corporation Act,-

1. (1) after sub-section (4), the following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely :- "(4-A) Seats shall be reserved for the persons belonging to the Backward Classes of citizens in the Council and the number of seats so reserved shall be, as nearly as may be, fifty per cent of the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in the Council. (4-B) Seats shall be reserved for women belonging to the Backward Classes of citizens from among the seats reserved for the persons belonging to the Backward Classes of citizens, which shall not be less than one-third of the total number of seats reserved for the persons belonging to the Backward Classes of citizens.";
2. (2) in sub-section (5), for the expression "(including the number of seats reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes)", the expression "(including the number of seats reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the Backward Classes of citizens)" shall be substituted.