Section 13:
Disqualifications.
A person shall be disqualified for being appointed as a member of the
National Authority, executive committee of the National Authority, a State Authority, steering committee
and executive committee of a State Authority, monitoring group, if he—
(i) has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for an offence which, in the opinion of the
Central Government, involves moral turpitude; or
(ii) is an undischarged insolvent; or
(iii) is of unsound mind and stands so declared by the competent court; or
(iv) has been removed or dismissed from the service of the Government or organisation or
undertaking owned by the Government; or
(v) has, in the opinion of the Central Government, such financial or other interest in the National
Authority or the concerned State Authority as is likely to affect the duties discharged by him of his
function as a member.