(1) No Village Administrative Officer, or village servant and no other officer or servant of the State or Central Government or of a Village Panchayat, Panchayat Union Council, District Panchayat, Municipal Council or the Municipal Corporation of 1[Chennai], or of Madurai or of Coimbatore or of any other Municipal Corporation that may be constituted under any law for the time being in force or of any Industrial Township or of Cantonment or of any body Corporate, owned or controlled by the State or Central Government, shall be qualified for election as a member or for holding office as a member.
2[(2) A person who having held an office under the Government of India or under the Government of any State has been dismissed for corruption or for disloyalty to the State shall be disqualified for election as a member or for holding office as a member for a period of five years from the date of such dismissal.]
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1. Substituted for the word “Madras” by Tamil Nadu Act 28 of 1996.
2. Substituted for sub section (2) by Tamil Nadu Act 39 of 2008.
3. Sub-section (3) omitted by Tamil Nadu Act 39 of 2008.
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