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 aaCI THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTEAOEDINABY, NOV, 26, 194<> 70 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA

Part VI. — The States in Part A of the First Schedule. — Arts. 157-159.

157. No person shall be eligible for appointment as Governor unless he is a citizen of India and has completed the age of thirty-five years.

158. (1) The Governor shall not be a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of the Legislature of any State specified in the First Schedule, and if a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of the Legislature of any such State be appointed Governor, he shall be deemed to have vacated his seat in that House on the date on which he enters upon his office as Governor.

(2) The Governor shall not hold any other office of profit.

(3) The Governor shall be entitled without payment of rent to the use of his official residences and shall be also entitled to such emoluments, allowances and privileges as may be determined by Parliament by law and, until provision in that behalf is so made, such emoluments, allowances and privileges as are specified in the Second Schedule.

(4) The emoluments and allowances of the Governor shall not be diminished during his term of office.

159. Every Governor and every person discharging the functions of the Governor shall, before entering upon his office, make and subscribe in the presence of the Chief Justice of the High Court exercising jurisdiction in relation to the State, or, in his absence, the seniormost Judge of that Court available, an oath or affirmation in the following form, that is to say—

"I, A.B., do that I will faithfully execute the office of Governor (or discharge the functions of the Governor) of  (name of the State) and will to the best of my ability

Qualifications for appointment as Governor.

Conditions of Governor's office.

Oath or affirmation by the Governor.