Disqualification by State Election Commission.

1. (1) If the State Election Commission is satisfied that a person—
   • (a) has failed to lodge an account of election expenses within the time and in the manner required by the State Election Commission, and
   • (b) has no good reason or justification for such failure, the State Election Commission may, by an order published in the Official Gazette, declare him to be disqualified and such person

shall be disqualified for being a Councillor or for contesting an election for being a Councillor

for a period of five years from the date of the order.

1. (2) The State Election Commission may, for reasons to be recorded, remove any disqualification under sub-section (1) or reduce the period of any such disqualification.]