(1) A person shall not be qualified to be elected or co-opted as member of the Committee, if such person —
(a) has not attained the age of twenty-five years;
(b) is not a citizen of India;
(c) in the case of an elected member, if he is not registered as a voter in the electoral roll in the concerned ward;
(d) is not an Amritdhari Sikh;
(e) is a Patit or being an Amritdhari Sikh, trims or shaves his beard or Keshas;
(f) takes alcoholic drinks or takes intoxicants or uses Kutha (Halal meat);
(g) is of unsound mind and has been so declared by a competent court or medical authority;
(h) is an undischarged insolvent;
(i) has been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude or has been dismissed from service by Government, Board, Committee or any other local authority, on account of moral turpitude;
(j) is a paid servant of any Gurdwara;
(k) is unable to read or write Punjabi in Gurmukhi script.
Explanation - A person shall be deemed to—
(i) be able to read Gurmukhi, if he is able to recite Sri Guru Granth Sahib in Gurmukhi; and
(ii) write Gurmukhi, if he fills his nomination paper for the election to the Committee in Gurmukhi in his own handwriting:
Provided that if any question arises whether a candidate is or is not able to read and write Gurmukhi, the question shall be decided, in such manner, as may be prescribed.
(2) If a person sits in a meeting or votes as a member of the Committee when he knows that he is not a member, such person shall be liable to be a penalty of five hundred rupee per day to be imposed by the President of the Executive Board, till he continues as such and the said amount shall be recoverable as an arrears of land revenue, besides being disqualified for future membership or as an elector or voter, as the case may be.
Elections. 11. Election of members of the Committee under clause (a) of section 4 whether for the purpose of initial constitution of Committee under section 3, or for filling up the vacancies arising by efflux of time or a casual vacancy, shall be conducted by the Commissioner Gurdwara Elections in accordance with the rules made in this behalf:
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Provided that no election shall be held to fill a casual vacancy occurring within six months prior to the holding of a general election under this section.