5. Qualifications for membership of a Legislative Assembly
A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislative Assembly of a State unless—
in the case of a seat reserved for the Scheduled Castes or for the Scheduled Tribes of that State, he is a member of any of those castes or of those tribes, as the case may be, and is an elector for any Assembly constituency in that State;
in the case of a seat reserved for an autonomous district of Assam, *** he is a member of a [Scheduled Tribe of any autonomous district] and is an elector for the Assembly constituency in which such seat or any other seat is reserved for that district; and
in the case of any other seat, he is an elector for any Assembly constituency in that State:
[Provided that for the period referred to in clause (2) of article 371A, a person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill any seat allocated to the Tuensang district in the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland unless he is a member of the regional council referred to in that article.]
Amendment notes (3)
- omitted w.e.f. 21-1-1972 . Certain words omitted by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) (Adaptation of Laws on Union Subjects) Order, 1974 (w.e.f. 21-1-1972).
- Subs w.e.f. 14-12-1966 . Subs. by Act 47 of 1966, s. 19, for "Scheduled Tribe of that district" (w.e.f. 14-12-1966).
- Ins w.e.f. 4-9-1962 . Ins. by Act 27 of 1962, s. 11 (w.e.f. 4-9-1962).