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Disqualifications of candidates or Members - (1) No village servant and no officer or servant of the Government of India or any State Government or of a local authority or an employee of any institution receiving aid from the funds of the Government shall be qualified for being chosen as or for being 3[a Chairman or Vice- Chairman or President or Vice-President] or a member of a managing committee. 4[Explanation:- For the purpose of this section the expression ‘village servant’ means any person who holds any of the village offices of neeruganti, neeradi, vetti, kawalkar, toti, talayari, tandalagar, sathsindhi or any such village office by whatever designation it may be locally known.] [(1A) No Member of Legislative Assembly or Member of Parliament or office bearer of any body constituted under a law made by the Legislative Assembly of the State or of Parliament shall be qualified for being chosen as or for being a Chairman or Vice-Chairman or President or Vice President or member of the Managing Committee.] (2) No person who has been convicted by a criminal court for any offence involving moral turpitude committed under any law for the time being in force shall be qualified for being chosen in or for being 1[a Chairman or Vice- Chairman or President or Vice-President] or a member of a managing committee. (3) A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as 5[XXXX] or a member of 6[any of] the managing committee if on the date fixed for scrutiny of nominations for election, or on the date of nomination he 7[formation] is,- (a) of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; (b) an applicant to be adjudicated as an insolvent or an undischarged insolvent; or (c) a defaulter of land revenue or water tax or charges payable either to the Government or to the farmers’ organisation;