Section 8. Disqualification for membership of the Board

A person shall be disqualified from being appointed or nominated as a member of the Board,—

(a) if he/she is not a Hindu except in the case of SDM, Billawar ;

(b) if he/she is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a Competent Court or if he/she is a deaf-mute or is suffering from contagious leprosy or any virulent contagious disease ;

(c) if he/she is an undercharged insolvent ;

(d) if he/she is appearing as a legal practitioner against the Board ;

(e) if he/she is or has been sentenced by a Criminal Court for an offence involving moral turpitude, such sentence not having been reversed ;

(f) if in the opinion of the Government, he/she has acted against the interests of the Shrine ;

(g) if he/she is, or has been found guilty of corruption or misconduct in the administration of the Shrine ; and

(h) if he/she is addicted to intoxicating liquors or drugs