Restriction on simultaneous holding of the office of a Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson or member in a Panchayati Raj Institution and the membership of Parliament or a State Legislature etc.

No person shall remain both the Chairperson, deputy chairperson or member or a Panchayati Raj Institution and a member of Parliament or a State Legislature or a Municipal Board or a Municipal Council or a Municipal Corporation and if a person who is already a member of Parliament or a State Legislature or a member of a Municipal Board or a Municipal Council or a Municipal Corporation is elected as such chairperson, deputy-chairperson or member, then, at the expiration of fourteen days from the date of being elected as such chairperson, deputy-chairperson or member, he shall cease to be such chairperson, deputy-chairperson or member unless he has previously resigned his seat in the Parliament or the State Legislature or Municipal Board or the Municipal Council or the Municipal Corporation, as the case may be : Provided that if a person, who is already the chairperson, deputy-chairperson or member, of a Panchayati Raj Institution, is elected as a member of Parliament or the State Legislature or a Municipal Board or a Municipal Council or a Municipal Corporation, then, at the expiration of fourteen days from the date of being elected as a member of Parliament or the State Legislature or a Municipal Board or a Municipal Council or a Municipal Corporation, as the case may be, he shall cease to be such chairperson, deputy-chairperson or member, unless he has previously resigned his seat in the Parliament or the State Legislature or the Municipal Board or the Municipal Council or the Municipal Corporation, as the case may be.