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Disqualification of Candidates - (1) A person who has been convicted by a Criminal Court,- (a) for an offence under the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 (Central Act 22 of 1955); or (b) for an offence involving moral delinquency; shall be disqualified for election as a Member for a period of five years from the date of conviction or where he is sentenced to imprisonment while undergoing sentence and after a period of five years from the date of expiration thereof. (2) A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as a member if on the date fixed for scrutiny of nominations for election, or on the date of nomination under sub-section (2) of section 16 he is - (a) of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; (b) a deaf-mute 3[XXXX]; (c) an applicant to be adjudicated an insolvent or an undischarged insolvent; (d) interested in a subsisting contract made with, or any work being done for, the gram panchayat, *[Mandal Praja