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Amendment of Section-18 of the Bihar Act 11, 2007-In section-18 said Act the following amendments shall be made, namely- (i) Proviso to the section-18 (b) of the said Act shall be substituted by the following:- 13 बहार गजट (असाधारण), 27 मई 2011 “Provided that no person shall be disqualified on the ground that he is less than twenty five years of age, if he has attained the age of twenty one years.” (ii) Sub-section- (2) shall be substituted by the following, namely- “(2) If any question arises as to whether a Member of a Municipality at any level was disqualified before election or has incurred disqualification after election as provided in Article-243-V of the Constitution of India and subject to any of the disqualification mentioned in section -475 or the subject to any of the disqualification mentioned in sub-section (1) of section-18 the question shall be referred for the decision of State Election Commissioner. The matter of disqualification may be brought to the notice of the State Election Commission in the form of a complaint, application or information by any person or authority. The State Election Commission may also take suo-motu cognizance of such matters and decide such matters expeditiously after allowing sufficient opportunity to the affected parties of being heard."