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Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Act, a person shall be disqualified for— (a) being elected President of the Gram Parishad, or (b) being appointed member of any standing committee or ad hoc committee constituted by the Gram Parishad, or (a) being appointed Secretary of the Gram Parishad, if such person has been convicted by a Court of an offence which is declared by the State Government to be an offence involving moral turpitude, unless the State Government has, on sufficient cause being shown, removed the disquali- fication by an order made in this behalf.