Article 71Bar against double membership

art. 71

71. Bar against double membership (1) No person shall at the same time be a member of Parliament in respect of two or more constituencies. (2) Nothing in clause (1) shall prevent a person from being at the same time a candidate for two or more constituencies, but in the event of his being elected for more than one – (a) within thirty days after his last election the person elected shall deliver to the Chief Election Commissioner a signed declaration specifying the constituency which he wishes to represent, and the seats of the other constituencies for which he was elected shall thereupon fall vacant; (b) if the person elected fails to comply with sub clause (a) all the seats for which he was elected shall fall vacant; and (c) the person elected shall not make or subscribe the oath or affirmation of a member of Parliament until the foregoing provisions of this clause, so far as applicable, have been complied with.