Disqualifications for membership

Disqualifications for membership.-A person shall be disqualified for being chasen as, or for being a member of a Committee,-

1. (a) if he is under 325) years of age ;
2. (b) if he has been adjudger by a competent Court to be of unsound mind ;
3. (c) if he is an undischarged insolvent or being a discharged insolvent has not obtained from a competent Court a certificate that his insolvency was caused by misfortune without any misconduct on his part :
4. (d) if he is a person who has been convicted of and sentenced for an offence (other than an offence of a political nature) punishable with imprisonment for not less than two years, unless a period of 5 years or such less period as the [Government] may allow in any particular case, has elapsed since his release : provided that this clause shall not apply to an offender who has been released under the provisions of section 562 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1989 ;
5. (e) if he is in arrears in the payment of any dues to the town area ;
6. (f) if he is a mute or leper :
7. (g) if he holds an office of profit under the Jammu and Kashmir Government or Government of India or of any other State in India or is a salaried employee in any Municipal or local-body in the State :
8. (h) if he has directly or indirectly any share or interest in any contract with, by or on behalf of the Committee while owning such share or interest : [(i) if he is not a permanent resident of the State :] [(j) if he has been convicted of an offence under the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 :