Section 38
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Section 38,―
(a) for sub-sections (1), (2) and (2A), substitute―
― (1) The Corporation shall, at its first meeting in each year, elect one of its elected members to be the Chairperson to be known as the Mayor and the other two such members to be the Senior Deputy Mayor and the Deputy Mayor of the Corporation:
Provided that during the duration of the Corporation, the office of the Mayor shall be reserved in favour of a member who is a woman for the first and the fourth year of the Corporation and in favour of a member belonging to a Scheduled Caste in the third year of the Corporation. ‖ ;
(b) after sub-section (3), insert―
― (3A) If the vacancy be a casual vacancy in the office of the Mayor and is reserved for a woman or for a member belonging to the Scheduled Caste, the vacancy shall be filled by electing one of the councillors from amongst women or members of the Scheduled Castes, as the case may be. ‖ ;
(c) for sub-section (6), substitute―
(6) The Mayor may obtain reports from the Commissioner on any matter connected with the municipal government of Chandigarh. ‖ .
After section 41, insert―
― 41A. Wards Committees. ― (1) There shall be constituted such number of Wards Committees consisting of one or more wards, within the territorial area of the Corporation, as the Administrator may, from time to time, by order published in the Official Gazette, determine. The order shall indicate the name of the Wards Committee and also the extent of the area comprised within the jurisdiction of such Committee.
(2) Each Wards Committee shall consist of―
(a) all the councillors, elected from the wards in the territorial jurisdiction of the Committee;
(b) the person, if any, nominated by the Administrator, under clause (ii) of sub-section (3) of section 4 if his name is registered as an elector within the territorial limits of the Committee;
(c) such number of persons, as may be prescribed, to be nominated by the Administrator.
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