Constitution of India, 1949
173.Qualification for membership of the State
Legislature.-
A person shall not be qualified to be chosen
to fill a seat in the Legislature of a State unless he -
(a) is a citizen of India, and makes and
subscribes before some person authorized in that behalf by the Election
Commission an oath or affirmation according to the form set out for the purpose
in the Third Schedule;
(b) is, in the case of a seat in the
Legislative Assembly, not less than twenty-five years of age and in the case of
a seat in the Legislative Council, not less than thirty years of age; and
(c) possesses such other qualifications as may
be prescribed in that behalf by or under any law made by Parliament.