(1)

A person shall be disqualified for being elected, as, and for being a member of the committee of any specified society-

(2)

Any salaried employee of a society who was as member of the committee of a specified society immediately before the commencement of the Gujarat Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Act, 1981 (6 of 1981), shall not be disqualified, and he deemed never to have been disqualified, under clause (a) of sub-section (1), if he was at that time holding any office saved from disqualification under the said clause (a) and shall continue to be such member for such period or subject to such term and conditions for which or on which he would have otherwise continued as such manner, and anything done or any action taken by such person shall be deemed to be duty done or any action taken by such person shall be deemed to be duly done or taken and the committee shall be deemed to be properly constituted, and such thing done or action taken shall not be called in question in any Court or authority on the ground only that the committee was not properly constituted or that the person was disqualified to continue as a member.

(3)

Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (b) or (c) of sub-section (1), disqualification under either clause shall not, in the case of a person who on the date of the conviction is a member of any specified society, take effect until three months have elapsed from that date or in within that period as appeal or application for revision is brought in respect of the conviction or the sentence until that appeal or application is disposed of by the Court.

[145G [Deleted by Gujarat 23 of 1982]

] [Inserted by Gujarat 1 of 2008, Sec. 26 (w.e.f. 8.10.2007).]. [* * *]

[145H [Deleted by Gujarat 23 of 1982]

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