PART V THE UNION CHAPTER II.- PARLIAMENT Disqualifications of members
102. Disqualifications for membership.- (1) A person shall
be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of either House of
Parliament- (a) if he holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the
Government of any State, other than an office declared by Parliament by law not to
disqualify its holder; (b) if he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent
court; (c) if he is an undischarged insolvent; (d) if he is not a citizen of India or has
voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a foreign State, or is under any acknowledgment of
allegiance or adherence to a foreign State; (e) if he is so disqualified by or under any
law made by Parliament. _82[Explanation.-For the purposes of this clause] a person shall
not be deemed to hold an office of profit under the Government of India or the Government
of any State by reason only that he is a Minister either for the Union or for such State.
_83[ (2) A person shall be disqualified for being a member of either House of Parliament if
he is so disqualified under the Tenth Schedule.] |