The Punjab State Legislature (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1952 Complete Act - Bare Act

THE PUNJAB STATE LEGISLATURE (PREVENTION OF DISQUALIFICATION) ACT, 1952

PUNJAB ACT NO. 7 OF 1952

[9th August, 1952.]

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[(b) Sub-Registrar, whether departmental or honorary, notary Public, Oath Commissioners or an official receiver who is not a whole-time salaried Government servant, or any person who holds any office of profit under an insurer the management of whose controlled business has vested in the Central Government under the Life Insurance (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1956 (Central Act No. 9 of 1956);]

An Act to declare certain offices of profit not to disqualify their holders for being chosen as, and for being, members of the State Legislature.

It is hereby enacted as follows:
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(1) This Act may be called the Punjab State Legislature (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1952.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 26th day of January, 1950.

A person shall not be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of the Punjab State Legislature by reason only of the fact that he holds any of the following offices of profit under the Government of India or under the Government of the State of Punjab, namely:
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(a) Lambardar;

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[(c) Officers, non-commissioned officers and persons enrolled under the Territorial Army Act, 1948 (Act LVI of 1948); persons enrolled under the National Cadet Corps Act, 1948 (Act XXXI of 1948); and persons of the Auxiliary Air Force or the Air Defence Reserve under the Reserve and Auxiliary Air Force Act, 1952 (Act LXII of 1952)];

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[(cc) the office of a member of the Punjab Home Guards constituted under the Punjab Home Guards Act, 1947, or the office of a member of the Civil Defence Service deemed to be constituted under section 7 of the Defence of India Act, 1962;]

(d) Officer in the Army Reserve of Officers;

(e) a member of any statutory body or authority, or a member of any Committee or other body appointed or constituted by the Punjab Government [for the Union Government] and who is not in receipt of a salary but who;

(f) a Parliamentary Secretary or a Parliamentary Under Secretary;

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[(g) A Deputy Minister;]

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[(h) the office of the adviser and Co-ordinator (Prohibition) set up temporarily for the period commencing on the 11th June, 1963 and ending on the 7th November, 1963 and the office of the Honorary Adviser to the State Government Co-operation Department or any other Department.]

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The Punjab Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualifications) Act, 1937 and the Punjab Provisional Legislature (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1950, are hereby repealed.

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1. Subs. by Punjab Act 33 of 1957, Schedule.

2. Subs. by Punjab Act 41 of 1956, s. 2 previously, it was amended by Punjab Act 7 of 1954.

3. Ins. by Punjab Act 3 of 1963, s. 2.

4. Subs. by Punjab Act 23 of 1981, s. 2.

5. Ins. by Punjab Act 25 of 1956, s. 2.

6. Ins. by Punjab Act 8 of 1964.

7. S. 2-A omitted by Punjab Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Orders, 1968, which was ins. by Punjab Act 40 of 1960, s. 2.