www.lawcommission.gov.np Part-18 Local Legislature 221. Legislative Powers of Local Level: (1) Subject to this Constitution, the legislative powers of the Local Level shall be vested in the Rural Municipal Assembly and the Municipal Assembly. (2) The legislative powers of the Rural Municipal Assembly and the Municipal Assembly shall be as enumerated in the lists contained in Schedule-8 and Schedule-9. 222. Composition of Rural Municipal Assembly: (1) There shall be a Rural Municipal Assembly in each Rural Municipality. (2) A Rural Municipal Assembly referred to in clause (1) shall consist of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the Rural Municipal Executive, Ward Chairpersons, and four members elected from each ward and Members of the Rural Municipal Executive elected from Dalit and minority communities pursuant to clause (4) of Article 215. (3) A Rural Municipal Assembly to be formed pursuant to clause (1) shall have representation of at least two women from each ward. (4) Each ward of a Rural Municipality shall have a Ward Committee composed of the Ward Chairperson and four members in accordance with the federal law. Such Ward Chairperson and Ward members shall be elected in accordance with the first past the post electoral system. (5) Every person who has completed the age of eighteen years and whose name is included in the electoral rolls of the Rural Municipality shall have a right to vote as provided for in the federal law. (6) A person who has the following qualifications shall be eligible to become a candidate for the office of the Member of the Rural Municipal Assembly:(a) One who is a citizen of Nepal; (b) One who has completed the age of twenty-one years; (c) One whose name is included as a voter in the electoral rolls of the Rural Municipality; and 115