Section 6
Disqualification for membership of the Council.
The New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 1994
About this Act
An Act to provide for the establishment of the New Delhi Municipal Council and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) No person, other than a member of the
Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, shall be disqualified for being nominated
as a member of the Council on the ground that he holds an office of profit for purposes of election to the
legislature of the National Capital Territory of Delhi under any law for the time being in force.
(2) If a person sits or votes as a member of the Council when he knows that he is not qualified or that he is disqualified for such membership, he shall be liable in respect of each day on which he so sits or votes to a penalty of three hundred rupees to be recovered as an arrear of tax under this Act.
(2) If a person sits or votes as a member of the Council when he knows that he is not qualified or that he is disqualified for such membership, he shall be liable in respect of each day on which he so sits or votes to a penalty of three hundred rupees to be recovered as an arrear of tax under this Act.