The Bombay Prohibition of Simultaneous Membership Act, 1957
The Bombay Prohibition of Simultaneous Membership Act, 1957
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The Bombay Prohibition of Simultaneous Membership Act, 1957, prevents individuals from serving in both the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council at the same time. This law applies to state politicians who are elected or nominated to both legislative houses. Under these rules, a person chosen for both must select one seat within ten days, or they automatically forfeit their Council seat. If an existing member of one house is elected to the other, their original seat becomes vacant. This regulation matters because it maintains democratic integrity, ensuring that politicians do not hold double representation or leave public seats empty.
- 1. Short title.
- 2. Vacation of seats when elected to both Houses of State Legislature.
- 3. Vacation of seats by persons already members of one House on election to other House of State Legislature.
- 4. Meaning of date on which a person is chosen for purposes of sections 2 and 3.
- 5. Repeal of Bom. X of 1950.
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