The Republic of India

Bharat Samvidhan
Disqualifications for membership
Part V · Article 102

Article 102

Disqualifications for membership

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(1) A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of either House of Parliament— [(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. [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. [(2) A person shall be disqualified for being a member of either House of Parliament if he is so disqualified under the Tenth Schedule.]

Source: Constitution of India, Legislative Department, Government of India. Reproduced under Section 52(1)(q), Copyright Act 1957.