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CHAPTER II ESTABLISHMENT OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI · Election of councillors and alderman

Section 8: Qualifications for councillorship

The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957

How current this text is

Text as published by India Code (Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice), as on 15 May 2026, with amendments up to the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026 (8 of 2026).

A person shall not be qualified to be chosen as a council or 1[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:

2[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.]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by s. 16, ibid., for “unless his name” (w.e.f. 1-10-1993).
  2. 2.Ins. by s. 16, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-10-1993).