## CONSTITUTION 102

### CONSTITUTION 102 — Disqualifications for membership
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/constitution/102

> 102. Disqualifications for membership.-(1) A person shall be
disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of either House of
Parliament-
1[(a) if he holds any office of profit under the Government of India or
the Government of any State, other than an office declared by Parliament
by law not to disqualify its holder;]
(b) if he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent
court;
(c) if he is an undischarged insolvent;
(d) if he is not a citizen of India, or has voluntarily acquired the
citizenship of a foreign State, or is under any acknowledgment of
allegiance or adherence to a foreign State;
(e) if he is so disqualified by or under any law made by Parliament.
2[Explanation.-For the purposes of this clause] a person shall not be
deemed to hold an office of profit under the Government of India or the
Government of any State by reason only that he is a Minister either for the Union
or for such State.
3[(2) A person shall be disqualified for being a member of either House of
Parliament if he is so disqualified under the Tenth Schedule.]