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Persons qualified to be elected.— Every person 2[who is not less than twenty-one years of age on the last date fixed for making nominations for every general election or by-election and] whose name is in the list of voters of any electoral division in a District, shall, unless disqualified under this Act or under any other law for the time being in force, be qualified to be elected, and every person 3[who is not of twenty-one years of age as aforesaid and] whose name is not in such list shall not be qualified to be elected from any electoral divisions of that District. 4[15A. Vacation of seats.— If a person is elected to more than one seat in a Zilla Parishad, then, unless within the prescribed time he resigns all but one of the seats by writing under his hand addressed to the 5[State Election Commission] or any officer authorised by him in this behalf, all the seats shall become vacant.] 6[15B. Disqualification by State Election Commission.— (1) If the State Election Commission is satisfied that a person— (a) has failed to lodge an account of election expenses within the time and in the manner required by the State Election Commission, and (b) has no good reason or justification for such failure, the State Election Commission may, by an order published in the Official Gazette, declare him to be disqualified and such person shall be disqualified for being a Councillor or for contesting an election for being a Councillor for a period of five years from the date of the order. (2) The State Election Commission may, for reasons to be recorded, remove any disqualification under sub-section (1) or reduce the period of any such disqualification.]