Section 8: Disqualifications for member-ship of Board.

The Jammu and Kashmir Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Act, 1988Union territory Act of Jammu and Kashmir · Act 16 of 1988

A person shall be disqualified for being appointed, as a member of the Board,––

(a) if such person is not a Hindu ;

(b) if he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court or if he is a deaf mute, or is suffering from contagious leprosy or any virulent contagious disease ;

(d) if he is appearing as a legal practitioner against the Board ;

(e) if he is sentenced by a criminal court for an offence involving moral turpitude, such sentence not having been reversed ;

(f) if in the opinion of [the Lieutenant Governor of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir] he has acted against the interests of the Shrine ;

(g) if he is an office-holder or servant attached to the Board ; provided that nothing in this clause shall apply to the Chief Executive Officer of the Board ;

(h) if he has been guilty of corruption or misconduct in the administration of the Shrine ;

(i) if he is addicted to intoxicating liquors or drugs.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Jammu and Kashmir Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Act, 1988
Section	8
Marginal note	Disqualifications for member-ship of Board.
Jurisdiction	Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted. Substituted by S.O. 1229(E) dated 31.03.2020 for “the Governor”.

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