282 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
313 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, FEB. 26,1948
(4) Each District Council and each Regional Council shall be a body corporate by the name respectively of “the District Council of (name of District)” and “the Regional Council of (name of Region)”, shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall by the said name sue and be sued.
(5) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule the administration of an autonomous district shall, in so far as it is not vested under this Schedule in any Regional Council within such district, be vested in the District Council for such district and the administration of an autonomous Region shall be vested in the Regional Council for such region.
(6) In an autonomous district with Regional Councils, the District Council shall have only such powers with respect to the areas under the authority of the Regional Council as may be delegated to it by the Regional Council in addition to the powers conferred on it by this Schedule with respect to such areas.
(7) The Governor shall make rules for the first constitution of District Councils and Regional Councils in consultation with the existing tribal Councils or other representative tribal organisations within the autonomous districts or regions concerned and such rules shall provide for—
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(a) the composition of the District Councils and Regional Councils and the allocation of seats therein; 25
(b) the delimitation of territorial constituencies for the purpose of elections to those Councils;
(c) the qualifications for voting at such elections and the preparation of electoral rolls;
(d) the qualifications for being elected at such elections as 30 members of such Councils;
(e) any other matter relating to or connected with elections or nominations to such Councils;
(i) the procedure and the conduct of business in the District and Regional Councils; 35
(g) the appointment of officers and staff of the District and Regional Councils.
(8) The District or the Regional Council may after its first constitution make rules with regard to the matters specified in sub-paragraph (7) of this paragraph and may also make rules regulating— (a) the formation of subordinate local Councils or Boards and their procedure and the conduct of their business; and
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