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Article 84 — A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill

Article
84
Chapter
CHAPTER II.—P ARLIAMENT — General
Index row title
A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill
Source document
India Constitution
Provision ID
85c65bc8-0173-4a40-bf10-d85ec2ffab03

174 words

Verbatim text

a seat in Parliament unless he— 2[(a) is a citizen of India, and makes and subscribes before some person authorised in that behalf by the Election Commission an oath or affirmation according to the form set out for the purpose in theThird Schedule;] (b) is, in the case of a seat in the Council of States, not less than thirty years of age and, in the case of a seat in the House of the People, not less than twenty-five years of age; and (c) possesses such other qualifications as may be prescribed in that behalf by or under any law madeby Parliament. 3[85. (1) The President shall from time to time summon each House of Parliament to meet at such timeand place as he thinks fit, but six months shall not intervene between its last sitting in one session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next session. (2) The President may from time to time— (a) prorogue the Houses or either House; (b) dissolve the House of the People.]

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  • The index files this text under article 84 of the Constitution of India.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER II.—P ARLIAMENT — General”.
  • The row is titled “A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill”.
  • The passage runs to about 174 words.

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