Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 · Chapter II: Establishment of Municipal Corporations of Delhi · Election of councillors and aldermen
Section 8: Qualifications for councillorship
A person shall not be qualified to be chosen as a councillor [unless he has attained the age of twenty-one years and his name] is registered as an elector in the electoral roll for a ward:
Provided that in the case of a seat reserved for the Scheduled Castes, a person shall not be so qualified unless he is also a member of any of the said castes:
[Provided further that in the case of a seat reserved for woman, no person other than a woman shall be qualified to be chosen as a councillor.]
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