An Act further to amend the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994.
Preamble.- WHEREAS, it is expedient further to amend the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
BE it enacted in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Kerala Panchayat Raj (Fifth Amendment) Act, 2005.
(2) It shall be come into force at once.
2. Amendment of Section 52.- In the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after sub-section (1) of section 52, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-
“(1A) Every candidate submitting nomination under sub-section (1) shall not be deemed to be qualified to be elected to fill that post unless he submits, along with such nomination, the details regarding his educational qualification, criminal cases in which he is involved at the time of submission of nomination, property owned by him and other members of his family, liabilities including arrears due from him to any Public Sector Undertaking or Government or Local Self Government institutions and whether disqualified for defection under the Kerala Local Authorities (Prohibition of Defection) Act, 1999, in the form and manner as may be prescribed.”
3. Amendment of section 102.- In section 102 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), after clause (c) the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-
“(ca) that the details furnished by the elected candidate under sub-section (1A) of section 52 were fake, or”.
