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Composition of Municipal Council: Every Municipal Council shall be composed of elected, ex-officio and nominated members. (1) The Government may by a notification, divide the Municipal Council area into territorial constituencies to be known as wards for the purpose of filling up the seats in the Municipal Council by direct election, who shall be Members. (2) Member of Lok Sabha from Nagaland, Member of Rajya Sabha from Nagaland and Members of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly Constituencies which comprise wholly or partly the Municipal Council area shall be ex-officio members. (3) The Government shall by a notification nominate such number of members, not exceeding one-fifth of the elected members, from amongst the persons having special knowledge or experiences in Municipal Administration shall be nominated members. (4) Provided, that the persons referred to in sub-section (2) and (3), shall not have the right to vote in the meetings of the Municipality