(iii) the Qaumi Razakars;
(iv) any office the holder whereof, by virtue of such office, is liable to be called up for
military training or military service under any law providing for the constitution or
raising of a Force; or
(n) he has obtained a loan for an amount of two million rupees or more, from any bank,
financial institution, cooperative society or cooperative body in his own name or in the
name of his spouse or any of his dependents, which remains unpaid for more than one
year from the due date, or has got such loan written off; or
(o) he or his spouse or any of his dependents has defaulted in payment of government dues
and utility expenses, including telephone, electricity, gas and water charges in excess of
ten thousand rupees, for over six months, at the time of filing his nomination papers; or
(p) he is for the time being disqualified from being elected or chosen as a member of the
MajliseShoora (Parliament) or of a Provincial Assembly under any law for the time
being in force.
Explanation.— For the purposes of this paragraph "law" shall not include an Ordinance
promulgated under Article 89 or Article 128.
(2) If any question arises whether a member of the MajliseShoora (Parliament) has become
disqualified from being a member, the Speaker or, as the case may be, the Chairman shall, unless he
decides that no such question has arisen, refer the question to the Election Commission within thirty
days and if he fails to do so within the aforesaid period it shall be deemed to have been referred to the
Election Commission.
(3) The Election Commission shall decide the question within ninety days from its receipt or
deemed to have been received and if it is of the opinion that the member has become disqualified, he
shall cease to be a member and his seat shall become vacant.]
1[63A. Disqualification on grounds of defection, etc. (1) If a member of a Parliamentary Party
composed of a single political Party in a House—
(a) resigns from membership of his political party or joins another Parliamentary party; or
(b) votes or abstains from voting in the House contrary to any direction issued by the
Parliamentary Party to which he belongs, in relation to—
(i) election of the Prime Minister or the Chief Minister; or
(ii) a vote of confidence or a vote of noconfidence; or
(iii) a Money Bill or a Constitution (Amendment) Bill;
1 Subs. by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), s.22, for "Article 63A".
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