State Act

THE KARNATAKA MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ACT, 1976.

21. Determination of 1[wards]1, etc.- (1) For purposes of election of councillors Government shall 2[on the recommendation of delimitation commission]2 by notification, determine,- (a) the 1[wards]1 into which the city shall be divided and the extent of each division; 2[Provided that, in respect of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike the State Government shall, by notification, divide the city into wards in such manner that area of wards, as far as possible, shall be within the jurisdiction of an Assembly constituency of the State Legislature and no ward shall be divided between Assembly Constituencies of the State Legislature]2 (b) the number of seats 1[alloted to each ward which shall be one]1; (c) the number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, 1[Backward Classes and women]1 and the 1[wards]1 in which such seats shall be reserved. 1[(1A) No notification under sub-section (1) shall be called in question in any court of law;]1 (2) The ratio between the number of councillors to be elected from each 1[ward]1 and the population of that 1[ward]1 2[x x x]2 shall so far as practicable be the same throughout the city. 1[Proviso x x x]1 1[(2A) the State Government shall, constitute a delimitation commission consisting of such number of members, as may be prescribed to recommend the State Government, the manner of delimitation of wards in each corporation.]1 (3) The State Government may make rules for the purposes of sub-sections (1) and (2).