8. Qualifications for councillorship
A person shall not be qualified to be chosen as a councillor [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 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:
Amendment notes (2)
- Subs w.e.f. 1-10-1993 . Subs. by s. 16, ibid. for "unless his name" (w.e.f. 1-10-1993).
- ins w.e.f. 1-10-1993 . The proviso ins. by s. 16, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-10-1993).