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Constitution of Council.— (1) Save as otherwise provided in sub- section (2), the Council shall consist of such number of Councillors elected in the manner laid down in this Act as may be fixed by the Government, by notification, from time to time, so, however, that the total number of Councillors of the Council shall not exceed seventy-two at any time. (2) The following persons shall also be represented in the Council, namely: (a) the members of the House of the People representing constituencies which comprise wholly or partly the area of the Corporation and the members of the Council of State registered as electors within the area of the Corporation; (b) all the members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly representing constituencies which comprise wholly or partly the area of the Corporation. (3) The persons referred to in sub-section (2) shall be entitled to take part in the proceedings but shall not have the right to vote in the meetings of the Council. (4) Seats shall be reserved for the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the Council and the number of seats so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in the Council as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the City or of the Scheduled Tribes in the City bears to the total population of the City. (5) Seats shall be reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, from among the seats reserved for the persons ___________________________