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No person shall be eligible for election or nomination as a member of the Board if such person.-- (i) is of unsound mind, a deaf-mute or suffering from leprosy; or (ii) is an undischarged insolvent; or (iii) is an office-holder or a servant of Government, a local authority, the Devaswom Board, an incorporated or unincorporated Devaswom or the trustee of a Hindu Religious Endowment; or (iv) is interested in a subsisting contract for making any supplies to or executing any work on behalf of the incorporated or unincorporated Devaswoms; or (v) has been convicted by a Criminal Court of any offence involving moral turpitude; or (vi) is a member of Parliament or of the Legislature of any State [or of a Local Self Government Institution as defined in clause (xxii) of section 2 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994); or] [(vii) has been removed under section 9; or (viii) has been convicted by a Court, including a sentence for a fine not less than rupees two thousand five hundred of any matter involving economic offences.] Added by ACT 5 OF 2007 Published in K.G.Ext. No. 694 dt. 12/04/2007 (w.e.f. 05/02/2007). Inserted by ACT 5 OF 2007 Published in K.G.Ext. No. 694 dt. 12/04/2007 (w.e.f. 05/02/2007).