Section 8
Qualifications for councillorship.
The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Municipal Government of Delhi.
A person shall not be qualified to be chosen as a councillor
1[unless he has attained the age of twenty-one years and his name] is registered as an elector in the
electoral roll for a ward:
Provided that in the case of a seat reserved for the Scheduled Castes, a person shall not be so qualified unless he is also a member of any of the said castes:
2[Provided further that in the case of a seat reserved for woman, no person other than a woman shall be qualified to be chosen as a councillor.]
Provided that in the case of a seat reserved for the Scheduled Castes, a person shall not be so qualified unless he is also a member of any of the said castes:
2[Provided further that in the case of a seat reserved for woman, no person other than a woman shall be qualified to be chosen as a councillor.]
Notes
1. Subs. by s. 16, ibid. for "unless his name" (w.e.f. 1-10-1993).
2. The proviso ins. by s. 16, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-10-1993).
2. The proviso ins. by s. 16, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-10-1993).