Article 191 - Disqualifications for membership - Constitution of India

Article 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- 2 [ (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 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. 3 [ 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 specified in the First Schedule by reason only that he is a Minister either for the Union or for such State. 4 [ (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. ] ****************** NOTES:- 1 . Substituted vide Article 32 of the Constitution (42nd Amendment) Act, 1976 dated 18-12-1977 , before it was read as, (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; 2 . Restored vide Article 45 of the Constitution (44th Amendment) Act, 1978 dated 30-04-1979 w.e.f. 20-06-1979, before it was read as, 1 [ (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; ] 3 . Substituted vide Article 5 of the Constitution (52nd Amendment) Act, 1985 dated 01-03-1985 w.e.f. 01-03-1985, before it was read as, (2) For the purposes of this article 4 . Inserted vide Article 5 of the Constitution (52nd Amendment) Act, 1985 dated 01-03-1985 w.e.f. 01-03-1985.