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1. No person shall be capable of being chosen or of sitting as a member of a Legislative body in any Unit of Government, who-

(i) has been convicted of any crime or offence involving moral turpitude, for which he shall have been sentenced to imprisonment, without the option of a fine, for a term of not less than twelve months, unless he shall have received a grant of amnesty, or a free pardon, or unless such imprisonment shall have expired at least five years before the date of his election; or

(ii) is an undischarged bankrupt; or

(iii) is a lunatic so found; or

(iv) holds any office of profit under the Crown within the Commonwealth; provided that the following persons shall not be deemed to hold an office of profit under the Crown for the purposes of this Sub-Section;

(v) A Minister of State for the Commonwealth or a Minister of a Province;

(vi) A person in receipt of a pension from the Crown;

(vii) An officer or member of His Majesty’s naval or military or air forces retired or on half-pay, or an officer or member of the naval or military or air forces of the Commonwealth whose services are not wholly employed by the Commonwealth.

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