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CEYLON GOVT. GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

MAY 17, 1946

(f) if he is serving or has, during the period of seven year

immediately preceding, completed the serving of a sentence of imprisonment (by whatever name called) for a term of three months or longer imposed by any court in any part of His Majesty's dominions or in any territory under His Majesty's protection or in any territory in which His Majesty has from time to time jurisdiction, for an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term exceeding twelve months, or is under sentence of death imposed by any such court, or is serving, or has during the period of seven years immediately preceding, completed the serving of a sentence of imprisonment for a term of three months or longer awarded in lieu of execution of any such sentence: Provided that, if any person disqualified under this paragraph is granted a free pardon, such disqualification shall cease from the date on which the pardon is granted ;

or

(g) if he is, under any law in force in the Island, found or declared

to be of unsound mind; or

(h) if by reason of his conviction for a corrupt or illegal practice or by reason of the report of an election judge in accordance with the law for the time being in force relating to the election of Senators or Members of Parliament, he is incapable of being registered as an elector or of being elected or appointed as a Senator or Member, as the case may be; or

(i) if by reason of his conviction for a corrupt or illegal practice, he would have been incapable of being elected as a member of the Legislative Council or of the State Council if the laws relating to the election of Members to those bodies had remained in operation; or

(j) if by reason of his expulsion or resignation from the State Council before the date upon which this Part of this Order comes into operation he would have been incapable of being elected or appointed a Member of the State Council if the Ceylon (State Council) Order in Council, 1931, as amended by the Ceylon (State Council) Amendment Order in Council, 1943, had remained in force; or

(k) if during the preceding seven years he has been adjudged by a competent court or by a Commission appointed with the approval of the Senate or the House of Representatives or by a Committee thereof to have accepted a bribe or gratification offered with a view to influencing his judgment as a Senator or as a Member of Parliament.

(4) The provisions of paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (3) of this Section shall not apply to-

(i) any contract or subscription to a loan to be issued to the

public on advertised terms;

(ii) any pension, gratuity, or other benefit payable from the

public revenues or other funds of the Island ;

(iii) any grant to any municipal council, urban council or other public authority established by or under any written law;

or

(iv) any grant to a body whose purposes are mainly religious, educational or otherwise charitable or any salary or allowance payable from the public revenues or other funds of the Island to any person, not being a public officer, employed by or under any such body.