Constitution Section 193 — Penalty for sitting and voting before making oath or affirmation under article 188 or when not qualified or when disqualified

Part VI — THE STATES — Disqualifications of Members

Constitutional

Summary

A person who sits or votes as a member of a State Legislative Assembly or Council without first taking the required oath or affirmation, or while knowing they are not qualified or are disqualified, or while knowing they are prohibited by any law from doing so, must pay a penalty of five hundred rupees for each day they sit or vote. This penalty is recovered as a debt owed to the State government.

Official Text

If a person sits or votes as a member of the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council of a State before he has complied with the requirements of article 188, or when he knows that he is not qualified or that he is disqualified for membership thereof, or that he is prohibited from so doing by the provisions of any law made by Parliament or the Legislature of the State, he shall be liable in respect of each day on which he so sits or votes to a penalty of five hundred rupees to be recovered as a debt due to the State.Powers, Privileges and Immunities of State Legislatures