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Division of municipal area into wards and reservation of wards for women,64[Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Class].— (1) The 65[State Election Commission in consultation with the Government] shall from time to time by order published in the Official Gazette, fix for each municipal area the number and the extent of the wards into which such area shall be divided. The 66[State Election Commission in consultation with the Government]shall specify in the order the ward in which a seat is reserved for women but in so doing he shall ensure that such a seat its reserved from time to time by rotation in different wards of the municipal area. He shall by a like order specify the wards in which seats are reserved for 67[Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes or the Other Backward Class],68[including the seats for offices of Chairperson] having regard to the concentration of population of 69[those Castes, or Tribes, or as the case may be, of those class], in any particular wards. 70[Provided that such order shall be issued at least seven days before the date of notification of the general election]. (2) Each of the wards shall elect only one Councillor. 59 Subsection 5 omitted by the Amendment Act 7 of 1998. 60 Inserted by the Amendment Act 7 of 1998. 61 Inserted by the Amendment Act 27 of 2002. 62 Words “and any one Ex-Councillor as to be nominated by the Council with prior approval of the Government”omitted by the Amendment Act 27 of 2002. 63 Omitted by the Amendment Act 27 of 2002. 64 Substituted by the Amendment Act 7 of 2007. 65 Substituted in place of word “Director” vide Amendment Act 14 of 2022 66 Substituted in place of word “Director” vide Amendment Act 14 of 2022 67 Substituted by the Amendment Act 7 of 2007. 68 Inserted by the Amendment Act 13 of 1994. 69 Substituted by the Amendment Act 7 of 2007. 70 Inserted vide Amendment Act 1 of 2021 17 (3) Every order issued under sub-section (1) shall take effect for the purpose of the next general election immediately following the date of such order. (4) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent women or persons belonging to the 71[Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes or Other Backward Class] for whom seats are reserved in any Council, from standing for election and being elected to any of the seats which are not reserved. 72[10A. Election of Councils.— The superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls for, and the conduct of, all elections to the Council shall be vested in the State Election Commission constituted under 73{section 237 of the Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994(Act 14 of 1994 )}.]