Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporations (Conduct of Elections to the offices of Mayor and Deputy Mayor) Rules, 2016

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    "title": "Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporations (Conduct of Elections to the offices of Mayor and Deputy Mayor) Rules, 2016",
    "short_title": "Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporations (Conduct of Elections to the offices of Mayor and Deputy Mayor) Rules, 2016",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. KV-87-2016-MNA-102",
    "act_year": 2016,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Gujarat",
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    "description": "Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporations (Conduct of Elections to the offices of Mayor and Deputy Mayor) Rules, 2016",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Municipal Corporation\" means a Municipal Corporation constituted under the provisions of the Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949 (Bom. LIX of 1949);\n(b) Words and expressions used but not defined herein shall, in relation to a Municipal Corporation, have the same meanings as assigned to them in the said Act.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. First general meeting.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Place of Meeting.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Notice of Meeting.",
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            "content": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Submission of nomination paper.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Scrutiny of nomination and withdrawal of candidature.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Election procedure and the declaration of election result.",
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            "content": "(i) every member who desires to cast his vote is given fair and reasonable opportunity of casting his vote and the vote so cast is recorded properly against the name of the candidate in whose favour the vote is cast.\n(ii) the councillor, whose vote is recorded once shall not be allowed to recast or change his vote.",
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        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Election to the post of Deputy Mayor.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Form-I\nForm-I\n( See rule 6 (2))\n(Signature of the proposer)\n(Signature of the Seconder)\nDeclaration by the candidate\n(Signature of the Candidate)\n(Signature of the Officer)",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 2nd November, 2019 [guj333]",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. KV-87-2016-MNA-102016-2346-P, dated 27.4.2016",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2016",
        "Short Title": "Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporations (Conduct of Elections to the offices of Mayor and Deputy Mayor) Rules, 2016",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Gujarat"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}