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section 5

Constitution of council

The Tirunelveli City Municipal Corporation Act, 1994
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  1. (1) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (2), the council shall consist of sucl~ numlmr of coui~cillors clcctcd in the manper laid down in t.his Act as may be &&,by the Governnlcnt by notilic;~tion, from titno to time, so, howevor, that tho total number of councillors of the . council , shall not exceed seventy-two ,- .
  2. (2) The following persons shall also be represented in the council, namely :-
    • (a) not more than two persons who are not less than twenty-five years of age an6 who have special knowledge or experience in municipal adyinistration, .. . to be-~omi~sted by the Government , Provided that the persod nominated under this clause shall not have the right to vote in th~ meetings of the council ;
    • (b) the members of the House of the People representing conitituiiicin wl~icll comprise wholly or partly the area of the corporation and the memFrs of the Council of States registered as electors within the area of the corporation ;
    • (c) as nearly as possible one-13th of the members of the State Legis- lative Assembly representing constituencies which comprise wholly or partly the area of the corporation to be npminated by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly by rotation every year: Provided that while nominating such members by rotation, the Speaker of the Legislative Assemnbly, shall ensure that as far as possible all the members represetosting constituencies whkh comprise wholly or partly the area of the corporation are given an opportunit) of being represented in the council atleast once during the duration of the council ;
    • (d) the Chair-persoa of the committee, if any, constituted and if they are not councillors.
  3. (3) Seats shall be reserved for the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the council 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 bs direct election in the council as tae population of the Scheduled Castes in tlie City or of the Scheduled Tribe in the City
  4. (4) Seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, from among the seats reserved for the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, which shall not be less than one-third of the total number of seats reserved for the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.
  5. (5) Seats shall be reserved for women in the council &nd she number of seats reserved for women shall not be less than one-third (including the number of seats reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes) of the total number of seats in the council.
  6. (6) The reservation of seats under sub-sections
  7. (3) and
  8. (4) shall cease to have effect on the expiry of the period specified in Article 334 of the Constitution.

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