Punjab State Legislature (Prevention of Disqualifications) Act, 1952

No: 7 Dated: Aug, 09 1952

The Punjab State Legislature (Prevention of Disqualifications) Act, 1952

(Punjab Act 7 of 1952)

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

It is hereby enacted as follows:

1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Punjab State Legislature (Prevention of Disqualifications) Act, 1952.

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

2. Prevention of disqualification for membership of the State Legislature. - 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:-

(a) Lambardar;

(b) Sub-Registrar, whether departmental or honorary, notary public, oaths commissioner, or Official Receiver who is not a whole timed 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 9 of 1956);

(c) Officers, non- commissioned officers and persons enrolled under the Territorial Army Act, 1948 (Act VI of 1948), persons enrolled under the National Cadet Corps Act, 1948 (Act XXI of 1948); and persons of the Auxiliary Force Act or the Air and Defence Reserve under the Reserve and Auxiliary Air force Act, 1952 (Act XII of 1952);

(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) Chainnan, Vice-Chairman, President, Vice-President, Director or Member of any statutory or non-statutory body; or of any comm ittee, whether he is or is not in receipt of any remuneration or compensatory allowance by virtue of holding such office;

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

(ff) Political Secretary to the Chief Minister, Punjab;

(fff) Chairman of the State Level Committee for Fiscal Reforms and Economic Restructuring;

(g) a Deputy minister,

(gg) Leader of the Opposition as defined in the Salary and Allowances of Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Act, 1978;

(h) the office of the Adviser and Coordinator (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.