102. Disqualifications for membership.

• (1) A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of either House of Parliament-
  • (a) if he holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State, other than an office declared by Parliament by law not to disqualify its holder;
  • (b) if he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court;
  • (c) if he is an undischarged insolvent;
  • (d) if he is not a citizen of India, or has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a foreign State, or is under any acknowledgment of allegiance or adherence to a foreign State;
  • (e) if he is so disqualified by or under any law made by Parliament.

Explanation. – For the purposes of this clause a person shall not be deemed to hold an office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State by reason only that he is a Minister either for the Union or for such State.

• (2) A person shall be disqualified for being a member of either House of Parliament if he is so disqualified under the Tenth Schedule.