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PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 161

(iii) In the Third Schedule, in column 2 to 7, against “Bihar”, “ Bombay”, “ Madras” and “ Uttar Pradesh”, for existing entries, substitute :

“72

24

6

6

24

12”

(iv) For the Fourth Schedule, substitue:

“THE FOURTH SCHEDULE

[ See section 27(2) ]

Local Authorities for purposes of elections to

Legislative Councils

B IHAR

1. Municipalities.

2. District Boards.

3. Cantonment Boards.

4. Notified Area Committees.

5. The Patna Administration Committee.

B OMBAY

1. Municipalities.

2. District Local Boards.

3. Cantonment Boards.

M ADRAS

1. Municipalities.

2. District Boards.

3. Cantonment Boards.

4. Major Panchayats, that is to say, Panchayats notified by the State Government in the Official Gazette Panchayats which exercise jurisdiction over an area containing a population of not less than five thousand and whose income for the financial year immediately preceding the date of the notification was not less than ten thousand rupees.

P UNJAB

1. Municipalities.

2. District Boards.

3. Cantonment Boards.

4. Small Town Committees.

5. Notified Area Committees.