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PART VI THE STATES · CHAPTER III.— THE STATE LEGISLATURE · General

Article 173: Qualification for membership of the State Legislature

The Constitution of India

A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislature of a State unless he—

1[(a) is a citizen of India, and makes and subscribes before some person authorised 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.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by the Constitution (Sixteenth Amendment) Act, 1963, s. 4, for cl. (a) (w.e.f. 5-10-1963).

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  1. 1. Under Article 173, the minimum age for being chosen to fill a seat in the Legislative Council of a State is:

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