article 102
Disqualifications for membership.
The Constitution of IndiaGeneral1950497 articles
Chapter II PARLIAMENT
Statutory text
- (1) A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of either House of Parliament— 1[(a) if he holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State, other than an office declared by Parliament by law not to disqualify its holder;]
- (b) if he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court;
- (c) if he is an undischarged insolvent;
- (d) if he is not a citizen of India, or has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a foreign State, or is under any acknowledgment of allegiance or adherence to a foreign State;
- (e) if he is so disqualified by or under any law made by Parliament. 2[Explanation.—For the purposes of this clause] a person shall not be deemed to hold an office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State by reason only that he is a Minister either for the Union or for such State. 3[(2) A person shall be disqualified for being a member of either House of
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