Section 10(1)(b) in The Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, 1959
(b)each village shall be divided into such number of wards, and the number of members of a panchayat to be elected from each ward shall be such, as may be determined [in the prescribed manner by the State Election Commission or an officer authorised by it.] [These words were substituted for the words 'By the Collector in the prescribed manner' by Maharashtra 52 of 1994, section 5(1)(b)(i).]: