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Delimitation of Wards.- (1) For the purposes of election of councillors, each City Corporation shall be divided in to wards on the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission, in such manner that,- (a) the population of each of the wards within the City Corporation in the Greater Bengaluru Area shall, as far as practicable, be the same; and (b) Wards shall be divided within the constituency of a member of Legislative Assembly and no wards shall be spread over to multiple constituencies. Explanation: For the purpose of this section, ‘population’ means the population of the City published as per the relevant figures of the preceding census. (2) The Government shall constitute a delimitation commission consisting of such number of persons as may be prescribed, to recommend to the Government regarding the manner of division of wards. (3) The Government shall by order determine,- (a) the wards into which each of the City Corporations, for the purpose of its elections, be divided: Provided that the number of wards in each City Corporation shall not be more than one hundred and fifty; (b) the extent of each ward; and (c) seats shall be reserved in a City Corporation,- (i) for the Scheduled Castes; and (ii) for the Scheduled Tribes. - and the number of seats so reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes shall bear as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in each City Corporation as the population of the Scheduled Castes and of the Scheduled Tribes, respectively, in the said City Corporation bears to the total population of that Corporation. (d) Such number of seats which shall as nearly as may be, one third of the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in each City Corporation shall be reserved for persons belonging to the Backward Classes. Provided that, out of the seats reserved under this sub-section, eighty percent of the total number of such seats shall be reserved for the persons falling under category "A" and the remaining twenty percent of the seats shall be reserved for the persons falling under category "B". Provided further that, if no person falling under category "A" is available, the seats reserved for that category shall also be filled by the persons falling under category "B" and vice-versa. Provided also that then number of seats so reserved for the Backward Classes under this sub-section shall be so determined, that the total number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and the Backward Classes under this sub-section shall not exceed fifty percent of the total number of seats in the City Corporation. In case, as per the number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the Backward Classes together exceeds fifty percent of the total number of directly elected seats in the City Corporation, then the seats for the Backward Classes shall be proportionately reduced to ensure that the total reserved seats do not exceed fifty percent. (4) Not more than fifty percent of the seats reserved for each category of persons belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes as well as the non-reserved seats to be filled by direct election in a City Corporation, shall be reserved for women: Provided that, the seats reserved in sub-sections (3) and (4) shall be allotted by rotations to different wards of the elections of the City Corporation. (5) No de-limitation of wards or change of wards for the purpose of reservation shall be made in the City Corporation after its constitution, except for the purpose of general election to that City Corporation and no such de- limitation or change of wards shall, in any manner, affect the existing City Corporation. 1[Provided that, de-limitation shall be made for the newly included local area within a period of three months. Provided further that, new de-limitation process shall be conducted after every census, before next General election to the City Corporation, if census results are available at least six months before the next General election to the City Corporation.]1 (6) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, where two thirds of the total number of Councillors required to be elected have been elected, the City Corporation shall be deemed to have been duly constituted under this Act.