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ORDINANCE VI OF 2000 BALOCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION ORDINANCE, 2000 ORDINANCE VI OF 2000 An Ordinance to provide for holding elections for the establishments of local Governments in the Province of Balochistan [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 5th October, 2000] No. Legis.-1-122(Law)/2000, dated 5-10-2000.---The following Ordinance made by the Governor of Balochistan on 5th October, 2000, is hereby published for general information:--- 3. Local Areas.--For the purposes of this Ordinance-- (a) the local areas shall be districts, towns, tehsils and unions; (b) the Government may, by notification, declare-- (i) any area comprising one or more Muaziaat and in the case of an area with urban characteristics comprising one or more population census blocks delimited for the last preceding census to be a union; and (ii) any area to be a town, a tehsil or a district. (2) As far as may be-- (a) the area of a union shall be a territorial unity; (b) the area of a union shall not cross the limits of a town or a Tehsil; (c) the area of a union in a Tehsil shall comprise a whole number of Patwar circles; or a Patwar circle may contain a number of whole unions: Provided that in specific cases the Government may, for reasons to be recorded, waive the aforesaid conditions. (d) the area of a union in a city district or in a union with urban characteristics shall comprise a whole number of census blocks as delimited for the purpose of the last preceding population census; (e) a Tehsil or a town shall comprise a number of unions as appropriate; (f) the population of unions within a district shall be similar. (3) Government or an officer authorised by it shall invite objections on proposals relating to delimitation of unions and after giving an opportunity of being heard dispose them of in such manner as may be deemed fit.