(1) For each autonomous district there shall be a District Council as from such date1as the Administrator may, by notification1in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf.
(2) The total number of seats in the District Council to be filled by persons chosen by direct election on the basis of adult suffrage from territorial constituencies shall be not more than eighteen.
(3) The Administrator may nominate not more than two persons, not being persons in the service of Government, to be members of any District Council.
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1. District Council in each of the six Autonomous Districts in the hill areas of Manipur State, constituted w.e.f. 1-8-1973.