Qualification of Members

Qualification of Members. - A person who satisfies the following conditions shall be eligible to be elected as a member of the Village Council, -

1. (1) he is a member of Scheduled Tribe;
2. (2) he has attained the age of twenty-five years;
3. (3) he is an elector where he seeks election;
4. (4) he is not a member of any other Village Council;
5. (5) he is of sound mind;
6. (6) he has not been convicted of an offence under any law in force in India, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, unless a period of three years has elapsed since his conviction, and if imprisoned since his release from prison;
7. (7) he does not hold any office of profit under the Central Government or the State Government;
8. (8) he has not been dismissed from the service of a State or Central or Autonomous Bodies, Corporation owned or controlled by the State or Central Government for misconduct.