Section 4 — Composition of the Committee.

4. Composition of the Committee.—The Committee shall consist of— 

(a) forty-six members to be elected from various wards into which Delhi shall be divided in 

accordance with the provisions of this Act; 

(b) nine members to be co-opted by the elected members of the Committee referred to in                 

clause (a) in the manner hereinafter appearing,— 

(i) two members to represent the registered Singh Sabhas of Delhi who shall be chosen by 

drawing of lots out of the Presidents of those registered Singh Sabhas; 

(ii) four members, each being the head priest of the (1) Sri Akal Takhat Sahib, Amritsar,               

(2) Sri Takhat Kesgarh Sahib, Anandpur, (3) Sri Takhat Patna Sahib, Patna, and (4) Sri Takhat 

Hazur Sahib, Nanded: 

Provided that the head priest shall have no right to vote for the purpose of election of               

office-bearers and other members of the Executive Board under sub-section (1) and sub-section 

(2) of section 16; 

(iii) one member, being the nominee of the Shromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, 

Amritsar; 

(iv) two members to represent the Sikh community of Delhi, other than those referred to in 

sub-clause (i), sub-clause (ii) and sub-clause (iii), to be chosen in accordance with the system of 

proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote. 



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