PART II
Provisions relating to Elections.
2. Residence.-(1) A person shall be deemed to be a resident in a constituency if he ordinarily resides in that constituency or owns or in possession of a dwelling house therein:
Provided that-
(a) any person who holds the office of Minister of the Federal or a Provincial Government, or Speaker, or Deputy Speaker of the National or a Provincial Assembly shall be deemed, during any period in which he holds such office, to be a resident in the constituency in which he would have been resident if he had not held such office;
(b) any person who holds a public office, or is in the service of Pakistan, shall during any period for which he holds such office or is employed in such service be deemed to be a resident in the constituency in which he would have been a resident if he had not held such office or had not been so employed.
(2) Where a person becomes qualified to have his name entered the electoral roll of constituency under the proviso to paragraph 2, his wife, if otherwise qualified, shall become so qualified.
3. (1) A person shall be qualified to be elected to the National Assembly if his name appears on the electoral roll of any constituency for that Assembly.
(2) A person shall be qualified to be elected to a Provincial Assembly if he his name appears on the electoral roll of any constituency for that Assembly.
4.Disqualifications for election to the National Assembly or a Provincial Assembly.-(1) A person shall be disqualified for being elected or for being a member of the National Assembly or a Provincial Assembly-
(a) if he is of unsound mind, and stands so declared by a competent court;
(b) if he is an undischarged insolvent:
Provided that this disqualification shall cease after the expiration of ten years from the date on which he has been adjudged insolvent;
(c) if he holds any office of profit in the service of Pakistan;
(d) if he has been convicted or has, in proceedings for questioning the validity or regularity of an election, been found guilty of any offence or corrupt or illegal practice relating to elections which has been declared by law to be an offence or practice entailing disqualification for membership of the National Assembly or a Provincial Assembly, unless such period has elapsed as may be specified in that behalf by the provisions of that law;
