Article 102 - Disqualifications for membership - Constitution of India

Article.102. Disqualifications for membership.- (1) A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of either House of Parliament- (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. 1 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. 2 (2) A person shall be disqualified for being a member of either House of Parliament if he is so disqualified under the Tenth Schedule. ***************************** Notes : 1. Substituted by the Constitution (Fifty-second Amendment) Act, 1985, Section 3 for "(2) For the purposes of this article" (w.e.f. 1-3-1985). 2. Inserted by Section 3, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-3-1985).