Eligibility for appointment as Lokayukta

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(1) The Lokayukta shall be a person who is or has been a Judge of the Supreme Court or is or has been the Chief Justice of a High Court or a Judge of a High Court.
(2) The Lokayukta shall not be—
- (i) a member of Parliament or a member of the Legislature of any State or Union Territory;
- (ii) a person convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude;
- (iii) a person of less than forty-five years of age, on the date of assuming office as Lokayukta;
- (iv) a member of any Panchayat or Municipality; and
- (v) a person who has been removed or dismissed from the service of the State and shall not hold any office of trust or profit other than his office as Lokayukta or be connected with any political party or carry on any business or practise any profession and accordingly, a person appointed as Lokayukta, shall, before he enters upon his office, if,—
- (a) he holds any office of trust or profit, resign from such office; or
- (b) he is carrying on any business, sever his connection with the conduct and management of such business; or
- (c) he is practising any profession, cease to practise such profession.

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