State Act

The Himachal Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1994

6. Delimitation of wards.- For the purposes of election of Councillors the Deputy Commissioner shall, in accordance with such rules as may be, prescribed by the State Government,- (a) divide the municipal area into wards in such a manner that,- (i) one Councillor shall be elected from each ward; and (ii) as far as possible the population in each ward shall be equally distributed: Provided that the population in each ward shall not be less than 1[3000] and the number of total seats to be filled by direct election shall not exceed 2[thirty seven]; (b) determine the territorial extent of each ward; and (c) determine the ward or wards in which seats are reserved under this Act.