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Composition of Councils.— 37[(1) Save as otherwise provided by this Act, every Council shall consist of Councillors elected at ward elections; Provided that— (1) in every Council, no less than (1/3) seats shall be reserved for women; 38[(2) in every Council, seat shall also be reserved for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Class and for woman belonging to Scheculed Caste, as the case may be, the the Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Class as provided in sub- section (2) ] (2) The 39[State Election Commission in consultation with the Government] shall from time to time by an order published in the Official Gazette fix for each municipal area— (a) the number of elected Councillors in accordance with the following table: Class of Municipal area Number of elected Councillors (i) ‘A’ Class The minimum number of elected Councillors shall be 40[20], and 41{for every 42[2500] of the 43[voters in the municipal area] or part thereof} above 50,000 there shall be one additional elected Councillor, so, however, that the total number of elected Councillors shall not exceed 44[27]; 35 Substituted by the Amendment Act 13 of 1994. 36 Inserted by the Amendment Act 13 of 1994. 37 Substituted by the Amendment Act 13 of 1994 thereafter substituted 7 of 1998. 38 Substituted by the Amendment Act 7 of 2007. 39 Substituted in place of word “Director” vide Amendment Act 21 of 2023 40 Substituted in place of figures “15” vide amendment Act 1 of 2021 41 Substituted by the Amendment Act 1 of 2001. 42 Substituted in place of figures “3000” vide amendment Act 1 of 2021 43 substituted in place of words”Population” vide Amendment Act 1 of 2021 44 Substituted vide Amendment Act 20 of 2015 and effective w.e.f. 9-6-2015.Thereafte vide Amendment Act 27 of 25, the Noumber of Councilars increased from 25 to 27 witheffect from 8-10-2025. 15 (ii) ‘B’ Class The minimum number of elected Councillor shall be 45[12], and 46{for every 47[2500] of the 48[voters in the municipal area] or part thereof} 49[above 10,000] there shall be one additional elected Councillor, so, however, that the total number of elected Councillors shall not exceed 50 [20]; 51 [(iii) the figure in (i) and (ii) shall be odd, if possible] 52 [(iv)] ‘C’ Class The number of elected Councillors shall be 10. 53[(b) the number of seats, if any, to be reserved for the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes so that such number shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the number of elected Councillors as the population of the Scheduled Castes or of the Scheduled Tribes in the municipal area bears to the total population of that area and not less than one–third of such seats shall be reserved for women and such seats shall be allotted by rotation to different wards in the Council.]. 54[(bb) the number of seats, if any, to be reserved for persons belonging to the category of Other Backward Classes so that such number shall be twenty seven percent of the number of seats to be filled in through election in the Council and such seats shall be allotted by rotation to different wards in the Council.] (c) the number of seats for the office of Chairperson in the Council 55[for Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes 56[***] and women so that such number will bear as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the number of elected Councillors as the population of the 57[scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes 58[***] in the municipal area bears to the total population of that area and such seats shall be allotted by rotation to different constituencies in a Council.] (3) The reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made by an order under sub-section (2) shall cease to have effect when the reservation of seats for those Castes and Tribes in the House of the People ceases to have effect under the Constitution of India: Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall render any person elected to any such reserved seat ineligible to continue as a Councillor during the term of office for which he 45 Substituted in place of figures “10” vide amendment Act 1 of 2021 46 Substituted by the Amendment Act 1 of 2001. 47 Substituted in place of figures “3000” vide amendment Act 1 of 2021 48 substituted in place of words”Population” vide Amendment Act 1 of 2021 49 Substituted by the Amendment Act 13 of 1994, thereafter by the Amendment Act 14 of 2006 figures subsitituted. 50 Substituted vide Amendment Act 20 of 2015 and effective w.e.f. 9-6-2015. 51 Inserted vide Amendment Act 20 of 2015 and effective w.e.f. 9-6-2015. 52 Re numberes vide Amendment Act 20 of 2015 and effective w.e.f. 9-6-2015. 53 Substituted by the Amendment Act 13 of 1994. 54 Inserted vide Amendment Act 3 of 2016 and come into force w.e.f. 10-9-2015 55 Substituted by the Amendment Act 7 of 2007. 56 The words “or the Other Backward Class” omitted vide Amendment Act 3 of 2016. 57 Substituted by the Amendment Act 7 of 2007. 58 The words “or of the Other Backward Class” omitted vide Amendment Act 3 of 2016. 16 was duly elected by reason only of the fact that the reservation of seats has so ceased to have effect. (4) Every order under sub-section (2) shall take effect for the purposes of the next general election of the Council immediately following after the date of the order. (5) 59[***] 60[9A. 61[Right of Member of the Legislative Assembely to associate at the meeting.—] (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Act, the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Goa representing the Constituency which comprises wholly or partly by municipal area, 62[***] shall have right to associate at the meeting of the concerned Municipal Council and take part in the proceedings of the Council but shall have no right to vote. (2) For every meeting of a Council, a notice of meeting specifying the date, hour and place at which such meeting is to be held and the business to be transacted thereat shall be served upon the concerned Member of Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa 63[***].