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86                     THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                                (Part VI.—The States)

      191. Disqualifications for membership.—(1) A person shall be
disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of the Legislative
Assembly or Legislative Council of a State—
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             [(a) if he holds any office of profit under the Government of India or
       the Government of any State specified in the First Schedule, other than
       an office declared by the Legislature of the State 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
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       citizenship of a foreign State, or is under any acknowledgment of
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       allegiance or adherence to a foreign State;
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            (e) if he is so disqualified by or under any law made by Parliament.
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         [Explanation.—For the purposes of this clause], a person shall not be
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deemed to hold an office of profit under the Government of India or the
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Government of any State specified in the First Schedule by reason only that he
is a Minister either for the Union or for such State.
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         [(2) A person shall be disqualified for being a member of the
Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council of a State if he is so disqualified
under the Tenth Schedule.]
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          [192. Decision on questions as to disqualifications of members.—(1)
If any question arises as to whether a member of a House of the Legislature of a
State has become subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in clause (1)
of article 191, the question shall be referred for the decision of the Governor
and his decision shall be final.

1. Subs. by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 32 to read as "(a) if
   he holds any such office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of
   any State specified in the First Schedule as is declared by Parliament by law to
   disqualify its holder" (date not notified). This amendment was omitted by the
   Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s. 45 (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).
2. Subs. by the Constitution (Fifty-second Amendment) Act, 1985, s. 5, for "(2) For the
   purposes of this article" (w.e.f. 1-3-1985).
3. Ins. by s. 5, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-3-1985).
4. Subs. by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 33, for art. 192
   (w.e.f. 3-1-1977) and further subs. by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment)
   Act, 1978, s. 25, for art. 192 (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).

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