State Act

THE UTTAR PRADESH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ACT, 1959

[50- (1) A general election shall be held for the purpose of constituting or reconstituting a Corporation. (2) For the said purpose, the State Government shall, by notification published in the official Gazette, on such date as may be recommended by the State Election Commission, call upon all wards in the City to elect Subheads and the Nagar Pramukh in accordance with the provisions of this Act and of the rules and orders made there under. (3) If a casual vacancy occurs in the office of Nagar Pramukh, Upa Nagar Pramukh or a Sabhadad owing to death or resignation or any other cause, such officer or seat, as the case may be, shall be declared vacant by the State Government by notification published in the official Gazette. (4) When an office or seat has been declared vacant, the State Election Commission shall, by a notification in the official Gazette, call upon the ward concerned or, as the case may be, the Sabhashads, to elect a person for the purpose of filling the vacancy so caused in accordance with the provisions of this Act and of the rules and orders made thereunder before such date as any be specified in the notification.]5