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Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1959

.....1950, the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1951 and the Prevention of Disqualification (Parliament and Part C States Legislatures) Act, 1953. The Act of 1951 exempted certain offices for specified periods which have expired and the Act is thus spent. The Act of 1950 and section 3 of the Act of 1953exempted permanently the offices of- (i) Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers, (ii) Parliamentary Secretaries and Parliamentary Under Secretaries, (iii) Deputy Chief Whips in Parliament, (iv) Vice-Chancellors of Universities, (v) Officers in the National Cadet Corps, and the Territorial Army, and (vi) the Chairman and members of Advisory Committees set up by the Government when they are not entitled to any fee or remuneration other than compensatory allowance, Section 4 of the Act of 1953further exempted for a temporary period- (i) the offices of Chairman and member of any other Committee set up by the Government, whether under a statute or by executive order, and (ii) the offices of Chairman, director, member and officer of any statutory body, where the power to make the appointment or the power to remove the person from the office is vested in the Government. It.....