Bill exempts SC/ST commission chairpersons from MP disqualification
This Bill amends the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959, to ensure that holding the office of Chairperson of the National Commission for the Scheduled Castes or the National Commission for the Scheduled Tribes does not disqualify a person from being a Member of Parliament.
The Chairpersons of the National Commission for the Scheduled Castes and the National Commission for the Scheduled Tribes.
- Substitutes sub-clause (ii) of clause (ba) in section 3 of the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959.
- Explicitly exempts the Chairperson of the National Commission for the Scheduled Castes (constituted under Article 338 of the Constitution) from disqualification.
- Explicitly exempts the Chairperson of the National Commission for the Scheduled Tribes (constituted under Article 338A of the Constitution) from disqualification.
- The amendment is deemed to have come into force on 19th February 2004.
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Document details
| Official title | THE PARLIAMENT (PREVENTION OF DISQUALIFICATION) AMENDMENT BILL, 2013 |
| Source body | Parliament of India — Bills (Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha) |
| Reference number | XLVIII |
| Status | closed (bill) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Closing date | — |
| Documents | 3 |