Article 173 Constitution of India: Qualification for membership of the State Legislature

Category of Bare Act Name of the Act Year of Promulgation
Civil Laws The CONSTITUTION OF INDIA 1975
Act Number Enactment Date Chapter Number
36 1975-04-26 6
Chapter Title Ministry Department
The States Ministry of Law And Justice Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms

A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislature of a State unless he-

1[(a) Is a citizen of India, and makes and subscribes before some person authorised in that behalf by the Election Commission an oath or affirmation according to the form set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule;

(b) Is, in the case of a seat in the Legislative Assembly, not less than twenty-five years of age and, in the case of a seat in the Legislative Council, not less than thirty years of age; and

(c) Possesses such other qualifications as may be prescribed in that behalf by or under any law made by Parliament.

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1. Subs. by the Constitution (Sixteenth Amendment) Act, 1963, s. 4, for cl.(a).