Article 103: Decision on questions as to disqualifications of members

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1. 1. If a question arises whether a sitting member of a House of the Legislature of a State has, after his election, become subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in Article 191(1), the question is decided by:

   A.the Speaker or the Chairman of the House concerned, whose decision on the question is finalB.the High Court of the State, on an election petition presented under the law relating to electionsC.the President, after obtaining the opinion of the Election Commission and acting according to itD.the Governor, whose decision is final, acting according to the opinion of the Election Commission
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2. 2. M, a member of the House of the People, remains absent from all meetings of the House without its permission for a period of sixty days, excluding the periods during which the House was prorogued or adjourned for more than four consecutive days. Under Article 101(4):

   A.he becomes disqualified, and the question is decided by the President on the opinion of the Election CommissionB.the Speaker must declare his seat vacant without any reference to the HouseC.the House may declare his seat vacantD.his seat becomes vacant automatically on the expiry of the sixty days
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