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Lok Ayukta 01 Upo-Lok Ayukta not to hold mry othet office.-( I) The Lok Ayukta or the Upa-Lok Ayukta shall not be a member of the Parliament or of the Legislature of any State and shall not hold any office of trust orprofit (other than lm office as Lok Ayukta or Upa-Lok Ayukta) or carry on any bu~iness or piactice any profession and accoidingly, before entering upon his office, a person appointed as the Lok Ayukta or an Upa-Lok Ayukta shall, if he IS practismg any legal profession. suspend practice of such profession. (2) A person who has been a member of a political party at any time durmg the penod of fixe years, immediately prccedmg,- (a) the commencement of this Act, in the case of first appoint- ment, after such commencement; or (b) the date on which the vacancy has arisen, m the case of any subsequent appointment; shall not be eligible to bt> appointed a~ the Lok Ayukta or an Upa-Lok Ayukta.