Disqualification for membership

(1) No person shall be qualified for nomination or election as a member of any of the authorities of the University, if on the date of such nomination or election, he is - (a) of unsound mind, a deaf mute or suffering from leprosy; or (b) an applicant to be adjudicated as an insolvent or an undischarged insolvent; or (c) sentenced by a criminal court to imprisonment for any offence involving moral turpitude. (2) In case of dispute or doubt the Syndicate shall determine whether a person is disqualified under sub-section (1) and its decision shall be final. For removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that if the member nominated by the Senate or the Syndicate to the Committee, before the date of commencement of the Tamil Nadu Universities Laws (Amendment) Act, 2017 does not possess the qualifications specified in sub-section (2) of section 12 of the Bharathidasan University Act, 1981 (Tamil Nadu Act 2 of 1982), as amended by this Act, he shall cease to be such member and in his place the Senate or the Syndicate, as the case may be, shall nominate a member afresh possessing the qualifications specified in sub-section (2) of section 12 of the Bharathidasan University Act, 1981 (Tamil Nadu Act 2 of 1982), as amended by this Act.