Bar against double membership

No person shall at the same time be a member of Parliament in respect of two or more constituencies.

Nothing in clause

shall prevent a person from being at the same time a candidate for two or more constituencies, but in the event of his being elected for more than one –

within thirty days after his last election the person elected shall deliver to the Chief Election Commissioner a signed declaration specifying the constituency which he wishes to represent, and the seats of the other constituencies for which he was elected shall thereupon fall vacant;

if the person elected fails to comply with sub clause

all the seats for which he was elected shall fall vacant; and

the person elected shall not make or subscribe the oath or affirmation of a member of Parliament until the foregoing provisions of this clause, so far as applicable, have been complied with.