Tehsil Municipal Administration: Tehsil and Town Councils

There shall be a Tehsil Council in a tehsil and a Town Council in a town in a City District. It shall consist of Naib Nazims of all Union Councils in the tehsil or town, as the case may be, and the following members elected on reserved seats, namely:-

  1. such number of women as represents thirty-three percent of the total number of the Unions in the tehsil or, as the case may be, the town;

  2. such number of peasants and workers as represent five percent of the total number of the Unions in the tehsil or, as the case may be, the town; and

  3. such number of persons from minority communities as represent five percent of the total number of the Unions in the tehsil or, as the case may be, the town.

The Naib Tehsil Nazim or Naib Town Nazim shall be the Convener of the Tehsil Council or, the Town Council, as the case may be.

The Tehsil Council and Town Council shall have their offices under the Naib Tehsil Nazim or Naib Town Nazim, as the case may be, and shall have separate budget allocations.

The provisions relating to Tehsil Council shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to Town Council and any reference in these provisions to Tehsil Nazim, Naib Tehsil Nazim or Tehsil Municipal Administration shall subject to section 40, respectively, be read as reference to Town Nazim, Naib Town Nazim and Town Municipal Administration.


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