Section 17:
Penalty for sitting and voting before making oath or affirmation or when not qualified or when disqualified.
If a person sits or votes as a member of the Legislative Assembly before he has
complied with the requirements of section 12 or when he knows that he is not qualified or that he is
disqualified for membership thereof, he shall be liable in respect of each day on which he so sits or votes
to a penalty of five hundred rupees to be recovered as a debt due to the Union.