State Act

The Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act, 1994

21. Restriction on simultaneous holding of the office of a 1[Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson or member] in a Panchayati Raj Institution and the membership of Parliament or a State Legislature etc.- No person shall remain both the 1[Chairperson, deputy chairperson or member] or a Panchayati Raj Institution and a member of Parliament or a State Legislature or a Municipal Board or a Municipal Council or a Municipal Corporation and if a person who is already a member of Parliament or a State Legislature or a member of a Municipal Board or a Municipal Council or a Municipal Corporation is elected as such 1[chairperson, deputy-chairperson or member], then, at the expiration of fourteen days from the date of being elected as such 1[chairperson, deputy-chairperson or member], he shall cease to be such 1[chairperson, deputy-chairperson or member] unless he has previously resigned his seat in the Parliament or the State Legislature or Municipal Board or the Municipal Council or the Municipal Corporation, as the case may be : Provided that if a person, who is already the 1[chairperson, deputy-chairperson or member], of a Panchayati Raj Institution, is elected as a member of Parliament or the State Legislature or a Municipal Board or a Municipal Council or a Municipal Corporation, then, at the expiration of fourteen days from the date of being elected as a member of Parliament or the State Legislature or a Municipal Board or a Municipal Council or a Municipal Corporation, as the case may be, he shall cease to be such1[chairperson, deputy-chairperson or member], unless he has previously resigned his seat in the Parliament or the State Legislature or the Municipal Board or the Municipal Council or the Municipal Corporation, as the case may be.