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(1) A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being a 3[Mayor or member] of Corporation- (a) ifhe is so disqualified by or under any law for the time being in force for the purposes of elections to be Legislature of the state. (b) if he is so disqualified by or under any law made by the Legislature of the State. (2) A person shall also be disqualified for being chosen as, and 4[for being a Mayor or member]- (a) if he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; (b) if he is an undischarged insolvent; (c) ifhe is not a citizen ofIndia, or has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a foreign State, or is under any acknowledgment of allegiance or adherence to a foreign State; (d) if he has, in proceedings for questioning the validity or regularity of an election, been found to have been guilty of- (i) any corrupt practice under section 22 of this Act; (ii) any offence punishable under section 171-E or 171-F of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, or any offence punishable under section 30 or clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 31 0f this Act; unless a period of five years has elapsed since the date of the finding; (e) ifhe has been sentenced or convicted by a criminal court to imprisonment for an offence involving moral turpitude; (f) ifhe holds any office of profit under the Corporation; I. Substituted by Haryana Act 28 of 2018.