Maharashtra Legislature Members (Removal of Disqualifications) Act, 1956 Complete Act - Bare Act

52 of 1956

17th December, 1956

An Act to provide for the removal of certain disqualifications for being chosen as, and for being, a member of 3[The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and the Maharashtra Legislative Council] WHEREAS by the Constitution of India provision has been made for declaring by Act of the State Legislature any office of profit under the Government of India or the Govt. of any State specified in the First Schedule to the said Constitution not to disqualify its holder for being chosen as, and for being, a member of the State Legislature; AND WHEREAS it is expedient to make such declaration: It is hereby enacted in the Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

(1) This Act may be called The Maharashtra Legislature Members (Removal of Disqualifications) Act.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of November. 1956.

A person shall not be disqualified for being chosen as, or for being a member of the5[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly] or the6[Maharashtra Legislative Council] merely by reason of the fact that he holds any of the offices specified in Schedule I appended hereto.

For the removal of doubt, it is hereby declared that a person deemed to have been elected or chosen as a member of the Bombay Legislature under Section 28 or Section 34 of the States Reorganization Act, 1956 shall not be deemed to be disqualified for being elected or chosen as, or for being, a member of the said Legislature merely by reason of the fact that he holds an office declared, by any of the Acts specified in Schedule II or any other law in force immediately before the 1st day of November, 1956, to be an office of profit which shall not disqualify the holder for being elected or chosen as, or for being, a member of a State Legislature.

The Bombay Legislature Members (Removal of Disqualifications) Act, 1951 is hereby repealed.