Bare ActsThe West Bengal Municipal Elections Act, 1994

Section 30

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(1) A person shall not be eligible for election as a member if such person— (a) has been adjudged by a competent court to be of unsound mind; or (b) is under twenty-one years of age; or (c) is an undischarged insolvent; or (d) being a discharged insolvent, has not obtained from the court a certificate that his insolvency was caused by misfortune without any misconduct on his part; or (e) holds any office of profit under the Municipality; or (0 has, directly or indirectly by himself or by his partner or employer or any employee, any share or interest in any contract or employment with, by, or on behalf of, the Municipality; or (g) is in the service of, or receives remuneration from, the Central or the State Government or the Municipality; or (h) has been elected to, or appointed under, any other Municipality or Panchayat or the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council constituted under the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council Act, 1988: Provided that notwithstanding anything contained in clause (0, no person shall be deemed to be disqualified thereunder by reason only of his having a share or interest in— West Ben. Act XIII of