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Constitution of Zila Parishad.- (1) Every Zila Parishad shall consist of- (a) the directly elected members from territorial constituencies in the district as determined under this Act; (b) the Members of the House of People and the Members of the State Legislative Assembly representing a part or whole of the district whose constituencies lie within the district; (c) the members of the Council of States, where they are registered as electors within the district; and (d) the Chairmen of all Panchayat Samitis in the district: Provided that when the total number of members under clauses (b), (c) and (d) exceed the total number of members under clause (a), only one- fifth of the members under clause (d) shall be selected by rotation for such period as the prescribed authority may determine, by lot. Subject to the condition that a Chairman who was a member under this clause for one term shall not be eligible to become member for a second term during the remainder of his term of office as the Chairman of Panchayat Samiti. (2) The number of elected members of a Zila Parishad under clause (a) of sub-section (1) shall consist of persons elected from the territorial constituencies in the district as may be notified from time to time by the Government at the rate of one member for every 2[twenty five thousand] population or part thereof : Provided that in a district having population of not exceeding 3[two lakhs and fifty thousand], there shall be minimum of ten elected members in a Zila Parishad: Provided further that the Government may irrespective of the population of the district, declare, by a notification, that the provisions of this section shall apply to a Zila Parishad in a scheduled area, subject to such exceptions and modifications as may be specified by it in such a notification.