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Subject to the provisions contained in section 140 and 142, a person shall not be qualified to be a member of a Panchayat Samiti, if— (a) he is a member of a Gram Panchayat other than the Pradhan or a Nyaya Panchayat or a Zilla Parishad or of any municipal authority constituted under any of the Acts referred to in sub-section (2) of section 1; or (b) he is in the service of, or receives remuneration from, the Central or the State Government or a Gram Panchayat or a Panchayat Samiti or a Zilla Parishad; or (c) he has, directly or indirectly by himself or by his partner or employer or an employee, any share or interest in any contract with, by or on behalf of the Panchayat Samiti, or a Gram Panchayat within the Block concerned or the Zilla Parishad of the district: Provided that no person shall be deemed to be disqualified for being elected a member of a Panchayat Samiti by reason only of his having a share or interest in any I of 1956. public company as defined in the Companies Act, 1956, which contracts with or is employed by the Panchayat Samiti or any such Gram Panchayat or such Zilla Parishad; or (d) he has been dismissed from the service of the Central or a State Government or 'a local authority or a co-operative society, or a Government Company or a Corporation owned or controlled by the Central or the State Govern- ment for misconduct involving moral turpitude and five years have not elapsed from the date of such dismissal; or Disqualifica- lions of members of Panchayat Samiti. 313 The West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973. [West Ben. Act (Part III.—Panchayat Samiti.—Chapter VIII.—Constitution of Panchayat Samiti.—Section 98.) (e) he has been adjudged by a competent court to be of unsound mind; or (f) he is an undischarged insolvent; or (g) he 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 (h) he has been convicted by a Court of an offence involving moral trupitude punishable with imprisonment for a period of more than six months or an offence under Chapter IXA of the Indian Penal Code or section 3 or section 9 of the 45 of 1860. West Bengal Local Bodies (Electrical Offences and West Ben. Act X Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1952, or Chapter III of 1952. of Part VII of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, 43 of 1951. and five years have not elapsed from the date of the expiration of the sentence. Sabhapati and Sahakari Sabhapati.