(1) The term of office of members of the Council other than ex-officio members, shall be three years from the date of election or nomination :
Provided that the term of office of a member elected or nominated under section 9 shall be the residue of the term of office of the member in whose place he was elected or nominated :
[Provided further that where a member elected under sub-clause (ii) or
(iii) of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section (4) ceases to be a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly or the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, as the case may be, he shall cease to be a member of the Council.]
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(2) An outgoing member, if not disqualified under section 11, shall be eligible for re-election or re nomination.
Disqualification for membership
11. A person shall be disqualified for being a member of the Council if such person-
(a) has been sentenced by a criminal court to imprisonment for an 'offence punishable with imprisonment for a term exceeding three months or to transportation, such sentence not having subsequently been reversed or remitted or the offender pardoned, and such persons disqualification on account of such sentence not having been remitted by an order which the [State Government] 1 is hereby empowered to make, if it thinks fit, in this behalf;
(b) is an undischarged insolvent; or
(c) has been adjudged by a competent court to be of unsound mind.
Quorum and voting