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'The Punjab State Legislature (Prevention of Disqualifications) Act, 1952 (Punjab Act No.7 of 1952)'" . An Act to declare certain offices of profit not to disqualify their holders for being chosen as, or for being, members of the State Legislature. Statement of Objects and Reasons> "Article 191 (1 )(a). of the Constitution of India provides that a person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being a Member of the House of Legislature of a State if he holds any office of profit under the Government of India or Government of any State specified in the First Schedule to the Constitution, otherwise than an office declared by the Legislature of the State by law not to disqualify its holder. This Bill accordingly seeks to save from disqualification Members of the first Legislature of the State following the first general elections under the Constitution of India who held an office under the State Government which was not a whole-time office and to which no regular salary was attached. For the future, the Legislation will secure that the electorate will not be debarred from choosing as Members of the State Legislature, persons who, though they hold certain offices which might be called offices of profit under the State Government, are not whole time Government servants. It is also intended to save from disqualification. persons who might be appointed to legislative offices such as Pari iamentary Secretaries' etc," (vide Punjab Government Gazette Extraordinary, dated the 1Oth July, 1952, pages 548-49). It is hereby enacted as follows:- "