(2) A person should not be qualified to be included in the electoral roll of a constituency unless he has a place of residence in that constituency.
In this sub-paragraph a “place of residence" should mean a place where a person ordinarily resides during the greater part of the year:
Provided that in the case of persons holding parliamentary offices such as Ministers. Ministers of State, Deputy Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries for the Federal Government and Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries for the Government of the Unit and Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Houses of the Federal Legislature and the Legislature of the Unit the non-fulfillment of the condition relating to residence should not have a disqualifying effect.
Provided further that a person who holds a public office or is employed in connection with the affairs of a Unit or the Federation or is a Member of the defense services and who in the discharge of his official duty or on account of such employment or membership is absent from the place of ordinary residence, should be deemed to be resident in the constituency in which he would have been qualified to vote immediately before the commencement of his absence:
Provided further that where a person becomes qualified to be entered on the electoral roll of a constituency under the provision immediately preceding, his wife should also be deemed to have become so qualified if she is otherwise qualified.
(3) No person should vote at a general election in more than one electoral constituency, and provision should be made for the purpose of preventing persons from being included in the electoral roll for more than one territorial constituency in a Unit.
(4) Even if the name of a person appears on the rolls of more than one constituency he should exercise, his right of vote only in one constituency.
(5) If a person votes in more than one constituency in contravention of this paragraph, his vote in each of the constituencies should be void.
(6) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions separate electoral rolls should be maintained for Muslims as well as for every minority community for whom seats in a particular Unit have been reserved and no person who does not belong to the community for which the electoral roll purports to be should be included in that electoral roll."
106. Disqualification for franchise: No person should be included in the electoral roll for, or vote at any election in, any constituency-
(a) if he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court;
(b) if he is an undercharged insolvent;
(c) if he has been found guilty by a competent court in Pakistan of any offence or illegal practice relating to elections which has been declared by any law or rules
- Messrs S, C, Chattopadhyaya, K. K. Dutta and Prem Hari Barma dissented.
