Section 8: Disqualifications for membership

A person shall be disqualified, for being nominated as and for being, a member of the Board if he:

(a) does not ordinarily reside within Delhi;

(b) is below twenty-five year of age;

(c) has been removed from membership of a marketing committee under section 50;

(d) is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; or

(e) is an un-discharged insolvent; or

(f) has been convicted by a criminal court, whether within or outside Delhi, of any offence which, in the opinion of the Government, involves moral turpitude;

Provided that the disqualification on the ground of conviction by a criminal court shall not apply after the expiry of five years from the date of his release.