Disqualification of members

Disqualification of members.--A person shall not be qualified for being chosen as a member of the Council if--

1. (i) he is in the service of the Central or the State Government or in the service of any local authority or body corporate constituted by law;
2. (ii) he is less than 25 years of age;
3. (iii) he has been adjudged by a competent court to be of unsound mind, or he is an undischarged insolvent;
4. (iv) he has been convicted by a court of an offence involving moral turpitude punishable with imprisonment for a period of more than six months; or for an offence mentioned in section 24 of the Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People Act, 1957.