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ORDINANCE IX OF 1979 ORDINANCE IX OF 1979 BALUCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE, 1979 CHAPTER IV‑COMPOSITION or LOCAL COUNCILS 12. District Councils, and Union Councils.‑‑(1) Subject to other provision of this Ordinance the District Council constituted under this Ordinance, shall consist of the number of members equal to the Union Councils in the District which in other words means that one member will be elected from each Union Council. All elected Chairmen of Tehsil Councils in the District and all heads of Nation‑Building Departments in the District will be ex officio member of District Council. Members from various Nation Building Departments shall have no right to vote. Explanation.‑Nation Building Department shall include Agriculture and Live Stock, Education, Local Government and Rural Development, Irrigation and Power, Industries, Health and Social Welfare, Communication and Works and Cooperative Department, Revenue Department and Forest Department, etc., etc. (2) The Tehsil Council constituted under this Ordinance shall consist of the elected Chairman of the Union Councils in the Tehsil. All elected Chairmen of Town Committees and all representatives of Nation‑Building Departments at Sub‑Divisional level will be ex officio members of the Tehsil Council. The official members, from various Nation‑Building Departments shall have no right to vote. (3) The Union Council constituted under this Ordinance shall consist of the number of villages grouped in one Union having a population of 10 to 15 thousand and for such Union there may be a Union Council having 9 to 15 members.