( 1 ) Every Island Council shall consist ofsuch number of seats as t?~eAdministrator may, by notification, determine.
(2) The Chief Captain of each Island Council shall be elected through direct election by the registered voters of all Village General Bodies of the concerned Island Council.
(3 ) A11 the First Captains of Village Council in an lsland shall elect from amongst themselves the Vice-Chief Captain of the Island Council.
(I) The Island Council shall coilsist ofthe Chief Captain, Vice-Chief Captain and the First Captains of the viIlage of the concerned Island.
(5) The providions of sub-sections ( 5 ) and (6) of section ! 1 shall, as far as may be, -apply4othe-fsfand-Couneil as they apply-to a V-illagi-Council subject to-ihe-rm)dificatio~k that ~ O J the ''First Captain". the term "Chief Captain'" shall be substituted SEC. I ] TIHE GAZETTE OF INDM EXTRAORDTNARY -- IS - --
54. Every Island Council shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and Incorporation a common seal and shall, subject to such restrictions and conditions imposed by or under of Island this Regulation or under any other law for the time being in force, have power to acquire, Co""C"" hold, administer and transfer property, both movable and immovable and to enter into contract and shall, by the said name, sue or be sued.
55. Every rnember of the Village GeneraPBody constituting the Island Council shall Persons unliss disiualified under the provisions to section 4 or any other law for the time being i n qudl'fied to vote force, be qualified to vote and be elected at an election to the Island Council. .and be elected.
56. No person shall be a member of an Island Council or continue as such, if he - Disqualification.
(a) has failed to pay any tax, fee or other sum due to the Village Council or Island Council within three months from the date on or before which such tax, fee or other sum is required to be paid;
(6) holds any salaried office or office of profit under the Village General Body or Village Council or Island Council or District Planning Committee;
(c) has directly or indirectly any share or monetary interest in any work done by
01. to the Island Council in any contract or employ~nent with or under or by or on behalf of the Island Council;
(d)is a servant ofGovernment or any Municipality or Panchayati Raj Institution or Tribal Council;
(e) has been dismissed from service of the Government or Municipality or Panchayati Raj Institution or Tribal Council for misconduct;
Cf) has been ordered to give security for good behaviour under sections I09 and 2 of 1974 110 ofthe Code ofcriminal Procedure, 1973;
( g ) has been convicted by acriminal court for any offence involving violence or moral turpitude and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than three months and a period of five years has not elapsed since his release 'after undergoing such imprisonment;
(h) has not attained the age of twenty-one years;
(i) is of an unsound mind and has been so declared by a competent Cocrt;
(j) has been declared by a competent court to be an insolvent or has been disqualified under any law relating to elections for the time being in force by a competent court for adopting a corrupt practice or for commission of an election offence, for the period of such disqualification; or
(k) is subject to clause (h), so disqualified by or under any law for the time being in force for the purposes of election to the House of the People.
57. Ifany question arises whether a person has become subject to any disqualification D e c l s ~ o ~ i OR referred to in section 4. section 7 or section 56 it shall be referred to the Deputy Commissioner, quest'oll as to d~squal~fi- for decision who shall record his decision after giving reasonable opportunity of being cation heard to the said person:
Provided that before recording any decision on any such question, the Deputy Commissioner shall obtain the opinion of the Election Commission and shall act in accordance with such opinion.