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No village employee and no officer or employee of the Government of India or any State Government or of local authority or an employee of an institution receiving aid from the funds of the Government shall be qualified for being chosen as or for being a Chairman or President or a member of the Managing Committee. Explanation- I (1) For the purpose of this Section the expression village employee means in relation to the State of Assam any person who holds any of the village offices such as Gaon Panchayat, Mahkuma Parishad or any such village office by whatever designation it may be locally known. (2) No person who has been convicted by a criminal court for any offence committed under any law for the time being in force involving moral turpitude shall be qualified for being chosen or for being a Chairman or President or a member of a Managing Committee. (3) A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as a Chairman or a President or a member of the Managing Committee if on the date fixed for scrutiny of nominations for election or on the date of nomination he is- (a) of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court. 11 (b) a defaulter of land revenue or water tax or charges payable either to the Government or to the farmers' organisation. (c) interested in a subsisting contract made with or any work being done for, Gaon Panchayat or any State or Central Government or the farmers' organisation or Water Users' Association: Provided that a person shall not be deemed to have any interest in such contract or work by reason only of his having share or interest in- (i) a company as a mere share holder but not as a Director, or (ii) any lease, sale or purchase of immoveable property or any agreement for the same, or (iii) any agreement for the loan of money or any security for the payment of money only, or (iv) any newspaper in which any advertisement relating to the affairs of the farmers' organisation is inserted. Explanation-II For removal of doubt it is hereby declared that where a contract is fully performed, it shall not be deemed to be subsisting merely on the ground that the Gram Panchayat the farmers' organisation, the State or Central Government has not performed its part of the contractual obligation. (4) A Chairman or a President or a member of Managing Committee shall also become disqualified to continue in office, if he – (a) is convicted in a criminal case involving moral turpitude, or (b) remains absent for three consecutive meeting without reasonable cause: Provided that such disqualification under item (b) shall not apply in the case of women who are in an advanced stage of pregnancy and for a period of three months after delivery. 12 Filling up of vacancies.