Qualifications for voting and being a candidate

Qualifications for voting and being a candidate –

1. (1) Every such person, whose name is included in the voters list of any village, shall be qualified for voting in the election of office bearer of that Panchayat within whose area that village is included.
2. (2) Every such person, unless he is disqualified under this Act or any other law for the time being in force, shall be qualified for being (elected) as an office bearer of a Panchayat. If any election symbol is not filled in any nomination paper, then the nomination paper shall not be rejected on this ground.