Disqualification of candidates or members

(1) No officer or servant of the Government of India or any State Government or of local authority shall be qualified for being elected as or for being a President or a member of the Executive Committee of a Farmer's Organisation. (2) No person shall be qualified for being elected as a President or a member of an Executive Committee who, on the date fixed for scrutiny of nominations for election or on the date of nomination— (a) has been convicted by a criminal Court of any offence involving moral turpitude committed under any law for the time being in force;and (b) is of unsound mind and has been so declared by a competent Court; or (c) is an applicant to be adjudicated as an insolvent or declared as an insolvent or an undischarged insolvent; or (d) is a defaulter of land revenue or water tax or charges, payable either to the Government or to a Co-operative Society or to the Farmer's Organisation; or (e) is interested in a subsisting contract made with, or any work being done for, the Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samit, Zilla Parishad or any State or Central Government or the Farmer's Organisation: Provided that a person shall not be deemed to have any interest in such contract or work by reason only of his share or interest in :- (i) a company as a mere shareholder but not as a Director ;or (ii) any lease, sale for purchase of immovable property or any agreement for the same; or (iii) any news paper in which any advertisement relating to the affairs of the Farmer's Organisation is inserted. (3) A President or a Member of Excutive Committee shall also become disqualified to continue in office if he :- (a) is convicted a criminal case involving moral turpitude ;or (b) absents himself from attending three consecutive meetings without reasonable cause.