Disqualification for being elected or nominated as a member

A person shall be disqualified for being elected or nominated as a member of the Council if he :- (a) is not a registered practitioner under this Act or the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. (b) does not possess any of the recognized medical qualification, (c) has been dismissed from service under Government, local or other authority for misconduct, (d) has been sentenced by a criminal court to imprisonment for any offence involving moral turpitude, (e) has been convicted by a court in India, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, for offence punishable under the protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 unless a period of six years or such less period, as the Government may allow in any particular case, has elapsed from the date of such conviction.