Constitution of India, 1949
243V. Disqualifications for membership. —
(1) A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for
being a member of a Municipality—
(a) if he is so disqualified by or under any
law for the time being in force for the purposes of elections to the
Legislature of the State concerned:
Provided that no person shall be disqualified on
the ground that he is less than twenty-five years of age, if he has attained
the age, of twenty-one years;
(b) if he is so disqualified by or under any
law made by the Legislature of the State.
(2) If any question arises as to whether a member of a
Municipality has become subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in
clause (1), the question shall be referred for the decision of such authority
and in such manner as the Legislature of a State may, by law, provide.