Section 5 — Disqualification for office of membership.

5. Disqualification for office of membership.- (1) A person shall be disqualified 
for being appointed as and for being a member, if he,- 
  (a) has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for an offence which in 
the opinion of the State Government involves moral turpitude; or 



  (b) is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; or 
  (c) is an undischarged insolvent ; or 
  (d) has been removed or dismissed from service of the Central Government or a 
State Government or a body or corporation owned or controlled by the Central 
Government or a State Government; or 
  (e) has directly or indirectly by himself or his partner any share or interest in any 
work done by the order of the Authority or in any contract or employment with or under 
or by or on behalf of the Authority. 
  (f) is employed as a paid legal practitioner on behalf of the Authority or  accepts 
employment of legal practitioner against the Authority; 
 (2) A person shall not be disqualified under clause (e) of sub-section (1) or be 
deemed to have any share or interest in any contract or employment within the meaning 
of the said clause by reason only of his having a share or interest in any newspaper in 
which any advertisements relating to the affairs of the Authority is inserted.