LawgistThe Representation of the People Act
6Qualifications for membership of a Legislative Council
(1) A person shall not be qualifled to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislative Council of a State to be filled by election unless he is an elector for any Assembly constituency in that State.
(2) A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislative Council of a State to be filled by nomination by the Governor 1*** unless he is ordinarily resident in the State.
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1. The words "or the Rajpramukh, as the case may be" omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956.
CHAPTER II.--Qualifications for Membership of State Legislatures
