S.1 Short title and commencement

       (1) This Act may be called the Legislative Assembly [3][***] (Removal of Disqualifications) Act, 1951.
        (2) It shall come into force at once.

S.2 Removal of certain disqualifications for membership

       A person shall not be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being a member of the [5][Legislative Assembly of the State of Kerala] by reason only,-
        (i) that he is in receipt of the salaries or allowances to which he is entitled under the law for the time being in force relating to the payment of salaries and allowances to members of the [6][Legislative Assembly of the State of Kerala] or of traveling and daily allowances while serving as a member of any Committee or Board constituted by the Government of India or the Government of any State specified in the First Schedule to the Constitution of India, or
        (ii) that he holds under the Government of India or the Government of any State specified in the First Schedule to the Constitution of India an office which is not remunerated either by salary or by fees payable

S.3 Removal of Certain other disqualifications for membership

       A person shall not be deemed to be or to have been disqualified for being a member of the [15][Legislative Assembly of the State of Kerala] by reason only that such person had prior to the commencement of this Act held under the [16][State Government] an office which was not a whole time office or that he had held an office in any educational institution other than a Government institution.