Qualification of a candidate.

1. (1) A person shall not be qualified to be chosen

to fill a seat in a Zilla Panchayat unless his name is included in the electoral roll of the

Zilla Panchayat for the time being in force in the district.

1. (2) A person shall not be qualified to be chosen from a territorial constituency to fill a seat in a Zilla Panchayat unless in the case of a seat reserved for the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or Backward Classes or Women such person is a member of these castes or tribes or classes or is a woman.