Disqualification

A person shall be disqualified from being selected as and for being a member of a Village Council: - (1) if he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court or such authority as may be recognized by the State Government; or (2) if he is not a citizen of India or has voluntarily acquired citizenship of foreign nation or is under acknowledgement of allegiance to a foreign nation; or (3) if he has been convicted by a Court in India of an offence and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than two years; unless a period of five years or such less period as the State Government may allow in any particulars case, has elapsed since his release; or (4) if having held an office under the Regional or Area Council he has been found guilty of corruption, disloyalty or breach of Area or Regional Council law; unless a period of five years of such less period as the State Government may allow in any particular case, has elapsed since his becoming so disqualified; or (5) if he is an un-discharged insolvent; or (6) if he is a salaried Government servant or employee of a Regional or Area Council; or (7) if he abstains himself from the majority of the meeting in a year and is unable to explain such absence to the satisfaction of the Council; or (8) if he is a member of any other Village Council; or (9) if he has been dismissed from the service of the Government or any other local authority for misconduct unless a period of five years has elapsed from the date of dismissal.