Home Guard not disqualified from election of State Legislature or of Local Bodies.

(1) A Home Guard shall not be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being elected as a member of the State Legislature of Sikkim or of other local bodies merely by reason of the fact that he is a Home Guard. (2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law for the time being in force, a Home Guard shall not be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being a member of any local authority merely by reason of the fact that he is a Home Guard.