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ORDINANCE XVIII OF 2001 ORDINANCE XVIII OF 2001 BALOCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE, 2001 An Ordinance to establish, reconstruct and regulate the Local Governments in the Province of Balochistan [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 9th August, 2001] No. Legis:I‑122/Law/2000‑111, dated 9‑8‑2001.‑‑‑The following Ordinance made by the Governor of Balochistan on 8th August, 2001 is hereby published for general information: Whereas it is expedient to devolve political power and decentralize administrative and financial authority to accountable Local Governments for good governance, effective delivery of services and transparent decision making through institutionalized participation of the people at grass‑root level; And whereas the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan is dissolved, the Governor is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary to take immediate action; Now, therefore, in pursuance of Article 4 of the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order, 1999 (Chief Executive's Order No.9 of 1999 and in exercise of all powers enabling in that behalf, the Governor of Balochistan is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:‑‑ CHAPTER II LOCAL AREAS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 6. Delimitation of Unions.‑‑‑A Union shall be an area comprising one or more muaziaat 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 combination of whole number of census blocks and a whole number muaziaat, notified as such by the Government: Provided that, as far as may be‑‑ (a) the area of a Union shall be territorial unity; (b) the boundaries of a Union shall not cross the limits of a tehsil of a town in a city district; (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, (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 muaziaat or a combination of a whole number of census blocks and muaziaat; 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.