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(a) if he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court:
(b) if he is an undercharged insolvent;
(c) if he holds an office of profit under the Federal Government or under the Government of a Unit, or under any other Government except an office declared by act of the Federal Legislature not to disqualify its holder:

 Provided that for this purpose a person should not be deemed to hold an office of profit under the Federal Government or under the Government of a Unit by reason only that he is a Minister, Minister of State, Deputy Minister or a Parliamentary Secretary for the Federal Government or a Minister or a Deputy Minister or a Parliamentary Secretary for the Government of a Unit;

(d) if he has been found guilty, by a competent court in

Pakistan, of any offence or illegal practice relating to elections which has been declared by any law or rules for the time being in force to be an offence or practice entailing disqualification for membership of the Legislature;

(e) if he has been convicted of any offence other than those

specified under sub- paragraph (d) above, before or after the commencement of the Constitution, by a competent Court in Pakistan and sentenced to life imprisonment or to imprisonment for not less than two years, unless a period of five years has elapsed since his released;

(0 if having been nominated as a candidate for the Federal

Legislature or the Legislature of a Unit or having acted as an election agent of any person so nominated, he has failed to lodge a reurn of election expenses within the time and in the manner required by any rules or orders for the time being in force or by a law of any legislative authority in Pakistan, unless five years have elapsed from the date by which the return ought to have been lodged, or the Head of the State has removed the disqualification:

 Provided that a disqualification under this sub-paragraph should not take effect until the expiration of one month from the date by which the return ought to have been lodged, or such longer period as the Head of the State may, in any particular case, allow;

(g) if he has been dismissed for misconduct from service or from

a post in connection with the affairs of the Federation, or a Unit, unless a period of five years or such less period as the Head of the State may allow in any particular case, has elapsed since his dismissal;

(h) if he is not a citizen of Pakistan or having been a citizen

of Pakistan has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of, or owes allegiance to, or is under any acknowledgement of allegiance or adherence to, a foreign State.

 49. (1) Every citizen of Pakistan who has attained the age of twenty-one year should be entitled to vote at elections to the House of the People:

 Provided that he should be entitled to vote only in the constituency in the electoral roll of which his name is for the time being included.