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Disqualification and disability: A person shall be disqualified for being elected or nominated as, and for continuing as, a member If he is anun-discharged insolent: or If he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by acompetent court; or If his name has been removed from the register and has not been re- entered therein; or If he is a whole-time officer or servant of the Council; or If he has been convicted for an offence involving moral turpitude. If any member absents himself tlom three consecutive meetings of the Council, without leave of the Council granted under sub-section(7) of Section 4 or without such reasons as may, in the opinion of the Council, be sufficient, the Council may declare his seat and take steps to fill the vacancy. If any members becomes, or is found to be, subject of the disqualitication mentioned in sub-section(1, the Council shall submit a report to the Government, and the Government, if satisfied about the disqualifcations, shall declare his seat vacant.