Preamble.—WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualifications) Act, 1951, for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
BE it enacted in the Nineteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1.Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualifications) Amendment Act, 1968.
(2)It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1 st day of January, 1968.
2.Amendment of section 2.—In section 2 of the Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualifications) Act, 1951 (XV of 1951),--
(a)in clause (vi), the word “or” shall be inserted at the end;
(b)after clause (vi), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-
[“(vii) that he holds the office of Chairman or member of the Kerala State Law Commission; or
(viii) that he is the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman or a member of the State Planning Board constituted by the Government or a member of the Backward Classes Reservation Commission constituted by the Government”.]
