KARNATAKA 1 ACT No. 4 OF 1957. — KAR. ACT 4

1 [KARNATAKA] 1 ACT No. 4 OF 1957. (First published in the 1 [Karnataka Gazette] 1 on the Twenty-fourth Day of January, 1957.) THE 1[KARNATAKA LEGISLATURE]1 (PREVENTION OF DISQUALIFICATION) ACT, 1956. (Received the assent of the Governor on the Fifteenth day of January, 1957.) (As amended by Act, 35 of 1962, 34 of 1964, 72 of 1976, 22 of 1989, 20 of 1991, 22 of 2000 and 17 of 2006) An Act to declare certain offices of profit not to disqualify their holders for being chosen as, or for being members of the 1 [Karnataka Legislative Assembly] 1 and the 1[Karnataka Legislative Council] 1 . WHEREAS it is expedient to declare that certain offices should not, under certain conditions, disqualify or be deemed to have disqualified, the holders thereof for being chosen as, or for being, members of the 1 [Karnataka Legislative Assembly] 1 and the 1[Karnataka Legislative Council] 1 ; BE it enacted by the 1 [Karnataka State] 1 Legislature in the Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:— Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order, 1973 w.e.f. 01.11.1973. Short title.- This Act may be called the 1 [Karnataka Legislature] 1 (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1956. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "Committee" means any Committee, Commission, Council, Board or any other body of one or more persons whether statutory or not, set up by the Government of India or the Government of any State; (b) "Compensatory allowance" means such sum of money as the Central Government, or the Government of any State, as the case may be, may determine as being payable to the Chairman or any other member of a Committee by way of travelling allowance, daily allowance, sitting fee, conveyance allowance or house rent allowance for the purpose of enabling the Chairman or other member to recoup any expenditure incurred by him in attending any meeting of a Committee or performing any other function as a member of a Committee. (c) "Statutory body" means any corporation, board, company, society or any other body of one or more persons, whether incorporated or not, established, registered or formed by or under any Central Law or the law of any State for the time being in force or exercising powers and functions under any such law. Removal of certain disqualifications.- It is hereby declared that the following offices shall not disqualify and shall be deemed never to have disqualified, the holders thereof for being chosen as, or for being members of the 1

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