NYAYA SIGNAL
Maharashtra · 1947 · Section 9A

Section 9A — Home Guards not disqualified from contesting elections to State Legislature or local bodies.

The Maharashtra Home Guards Act.

1[9A. Home Guards not disqualified from contesting elections to State Legislature or local bodies.- (1) A member of the Home Guards shall not be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly or the Bombay Legislative Council merely by reason of the fact that he is a member of the Home Guards.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary in any other law for the time being in force, a member of the Home Guards shall not be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of any local authority merely by reason of the fact that he is a member of the Home Guards.]

Source notes

1. Section 9A was inserted by Bom. 11 of 1950, s. 9.