Disqualification for membership

A person shall be disqualified for being elected, nominated or co-opted as a member of the Council, if he:- (a) is on the date of election, nomination or co-option, of unsound mind or a mute or deaf; or (b) is an uncertified bankrupt or undischarged insolvent; or (c) has been convicted and sentenced by a criminal court to imprisonment for an offence involving moral turpitude; or (d) has any share or interest in any book published or republished which is intended to be prescribed or recommended as a text book for the Higher Secondary Course; or (e) has any share or interest in the business of the Publisher of such book; or (f) has any share or interest in any work done by order of or in any contract entered into on behalf of the Council.