Members not disqualified from contesting elections for being chosen as, and for being, a member or councillor of the State Legislature or local authorities

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(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, a member (including the Chairman or Vice-Chairman) of the Authority or any of its Committees or boards shall not be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member or councillor of the State Legislature or any local authority or any Committee, board, or body of such Legislature or authority, merely by reason of the fact that he is a member of the Authority or any of its Committees or boards.
(2) In Schedule I to the Bombay Legislature Members (Removal of Disqualifications) Act, 1956, after entry 15, the following entry shall be added, namely:— “16. The office of the member (including the Chairman or Vice-Chairman) of the Authority constituted under the Bombay Metropolitan Region Development Authority Act, 1974, or of any of its Committees or Boards constituted under that Act.”

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