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ACT V OF 2010 ACT V OF 2010 BALOCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 2010 An Act to provide for the constitution and continuance of Local Government Institutions in Balochistan, and to consolidate law relating to the Local Government and to provide for the matters connected therewith and ancillary thereto. [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 13th May, 2010] No. PAB/Legis: V(8)/2010, dated 13-5-2010.---The Balochistan Local Government Bill, 2010 having been passed by the Provincial. Assembly of Balochistan on 10th May, 2010 and assented to by the Governor, Balochistan on 11th May, 2010 is hereby published as an Act of the Provincial Assembly. Preamble.---Whereas the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan under Article 32 requires the State to encourage Local Government Institutions composed of elected representatives of the areas concerned and having special representation of peasants workers and women: Whereas the Constitution requires the provincial, government to decentralize the government administration under Article 140-A so as to facilitate expeditious disposal of its business to meet the convenience and requirements of the public: And Whereas it is expedient to consolidate the law relating to Local Government Institutions so as to the obligation in line with the requirements of the Constitution: Now therefore, it is enacted as under: CHAPTER- IV LOCAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 29. Bar against double membership.---(1) Subject to section 10, no person shall, at the same time, be a member of more that one council or more than one ward of the same council. (2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall prevent a person from being a candidate for two or more seats at the same time whether( in the same Local Council or in different Councils, but if he is 8lectedtto more than one seat he shall, within a period of 60 (sixty) days after the declaration of the result for the last such seats, resign all but one of the seats and retain the seat of his choice and that 'until he has opted for one of such seats, he shall not take oath of office in any Local Council in terms of section 18. (3) A member who has subscribed to oath in pursuance of section 28 and has also submitted declaration of assets as is required under section 27, of a Local Council shall assume office on such date as may be fixed by the Government after issuance of notification by the Election Commission.