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Disqualifications of members of Education Committee.— (1) A person shall not be eligible for appointment as a member of the Education Committee,— (a) if he is directly or indirectly interested in any immovable property on or in which any municipal school or office is located or in any institution or school which receives donation or grant-in-aid from the Corporation; or (b) if, not being a councillor, he would have been disqualified for being elected as a councillor under section 16. Explanation.— A person shall be deemed to be interested within the meaning of clause (a) of this sub-section, if he derives or has been promised directly or indirectly, any pecuniary gain from or in respect of such property, institution or school whether by way of a price or rent or premium or other thing of value whether of the like nature or not. (2) If any person having been appointed a member of the Education Committee,— (a) becomes subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in sub-section (1); (b) absents himself during six successive meetings of the Committee, except from temporary illness or other cause to be approved by the Committee; or (c) absents himself from or is unable to attend the meetings of the Committee during eight successive months from any cause whatsoever, he shall cease to be a member of the Committee and his office shall thereupon become vacant.