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LOCAL AREAS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
5. Composition of local areas.- For the purpose of this Ordinance,
the following shall be the local areas, namely:-
(i) Union;
(ii) Taluka;
(iii) Town; and
(iv) District and City District.
6. Delimitation of Unions.- A Union shall be an area comprising one
or more dehs or, in the case of an area where revision of settlement
under the law has not been taken, one or more census villages or, in
the case of an area with urban characteristics, a whole number of
population census blocks as delimited for the purpose of last
preceding census or a combination of whole number of census blocks
and a whole number of dehs, notified as such by the Government:
Provided that, as far as may be,-
(a) the area of a Union shall be a territorial unity;
(b) the boundaries of a Union shall not cross the limits of a Taluka,
or a town in a city district;
(c) the area of a union in a Taluka shall comprise a whole number of
tapedars circles, or a tapedari circle may contain a number of whole
Unions;
(d) the area of a Union in a City District, or a Union with urban
characteristics shall comprise a whole number of census blocks as
delimited for the purpose of the preceding population census or a
whole number of dehs or a combination of a whole number of census
blocks and dehs; and
(e) the population of Unions within a district shall, more or less,
be uniform:
Provided further that in a specific case, the Government may, for
the reasons to be recorded, waive the aforesaid conditions.
7. Delimitation of Talukas and districts.- The Government shall, by
notification in the official Gazette, declare Talukas and districts
notified under the Sindh Land Revenue Act, 1967 (W.P.Act XVII of
1967), to be Talukas or, as the case may be, districts under this
Ordinance.
8. Creation of a City District.– In addition to the Provincial
headquarters notified by the Government as City District of Karachi,
the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, declare
a Taluka or Talukas within one or more adjoining districts as a City
District if-
(a) the population of urban settlement therein or of proximate
settlement exceeds one million people;
(b) the economy thereof is largely oriented to commercial,
industrial, and services sectors, and, according to the last
preceding census, the labour force employed in such sectors or in
non-agricultural sectors is more than sixty six percent; and
(c) the existing administrative and municipal infrastructure therein
have become inadequate for efficient service delivery and require
integrated development and management.
9. Setting up of a town.– (1) The Government may, by notification in
the official Gazette, declare a whole number of contiguous Unions to
be a town in the City District under this Ordinance.
(2) On notification referred to in sub-section (1), the Government
may, by notification in the official Gazette, declare every town
referred to in that sub-section to be a Taluka or sub-division for
the purpose of this Ordinance.
10. Local areas under previous law to continue.- Unless varied under
this Ordinance, any local area declared or notified by the
Government under the Sindh Local Government Election Ordinance, 2000
( X of 2000), as union, Taluka (taluqa), town, district or City
District shall continue to retain such status and shall be deemed to
have been notified as such under this Ordinance.
11. Alteration of local areas.– (1) Any two or more adjoining Unions
within a Taluka or adjoining Talukas within a district may, after
having invited public objections through a resolution, during the
third year of their being in office, passed by two-third majority of
the total membership of each of the relevant Union Councils, or as
the case may be, Taluka Councils, make a proposal to the Government
for a change in their respective boundaries subject to the
conditions that no revenue estate shall be divided and the size of
population in the Unions shall, as far as possible, be close to the
average population of Unions within a district.
(2) The Government may, subject to previous publication, notify the
change in the boundaries of the Unions, Talukas or towns:
Provided that such change shall come into force on the announcement
of next local governments elections
12. Local governments for local areas.- (1) For each local area,
there shall be a local government comprising-
(a) District Government and Zila Council in a district or a City
District;
(b) Taluka Municipal Administration and Taluka Council in a Taluka;
(c) Town Municipal Administration and Town Council in a town; and
(d) Union Administration and Union Council in a Union.
(2) In case of a district consisting of a single Taluka, the
Government may dispense with setting up of Taluka Council and
holding of election of Taluka Nazim and Naib Taluka Nazim in such
Taluka and in that case the Taluka Municipal Administration shall
function directly under Zila Nazim and the functions of Taluka
Council shall be performed by the Zila Council.
(3) In case of a Taluka consisting of a single Union, the Government
may dispense with setting up of Taluka Council and holding of
election of Taluka Nazim and Taluka Naib Nazim in such Taluka and in
that case the functions of the Taluka Municipal Administration shall
be performed by the Union Administration.
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