TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
Tenth Schedule
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....e with the said provisions; (c) "original political party", in relation to a member of a House, means the political party to which he belongs for the purposes of subparagraph (1) of paragraph 2; (d) "paragraph" means a paragraph of this Schedule. 2. Disqualification on ground of defection :- (1) Subject to the provisions of ^3[paragraphs 4 and 5], a member of a House belonging to any political party shall be disqualified for being a member of the House- (a) if he has voluntarily given up his membership of such political party; or (b) if he votes or abstains from voting in such House contrary to any direction issued by the political party to which he belongs or by any person or authority authorised by i....
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....case may be, article 188. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, a person who, on the commencement of the Constitution (Fifty-second Amendment) Act, 1985, is a member of a House (whether elected or nominated as such) shall,- (i) where he was a member of political party immediately before such commencement, be deemed, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph, to have been elected as a member of such House as a candidate set up by such political party; (ii) in any other case, be deemed to be an elected member of the House who has been elected as such otherwise than as a candidate set up by any political party for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) of this paragr....
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....tes or the Chairman or the Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council of a State or the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of a State, shall not be disqualified under this Schedule,- (a) if he, by reason of his election to such office, voluntarily gives up the membership of the political party to which he belonged immediately before such election and does not, so long as he continues to hold such office thereafter, rejoin that political party or become a member of another political party; or (b) if he, having given up by reason of his election to such office his membership of the political party to which he belonged immediately before such election, rejoins such political party after he ceases to hol....
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....such rules may provide for- (a) the maintenance of registers or other records as to the political parties, if any, to which different members of the House belong; (b) the report which the leader of a legislature party in relation to a member of a House shall furnish with regard to any condonation of the nature referred to in clause (b) of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 2 in respect of such member, the time within which and the authority to whom such report shall be furnished; (c) the reports which a political party shall furnish with regard to admission to such political party of any members of the House and the officer of the House to whom such reports shall be furnished; and (d) the procedure for decidi....
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....e.f. 01-01-2004, before it was read as, "Paragraph 3 or, as the case may be," 3. Substituted vide Article 5 of the Constitution (91st Amendment) Act, 2003 dated 01-01-2004 w.e.f. 01-01-2004, before it was read as, "Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5" 4. Omitted vide Article 5 of the Constitution (91st Amendment) Act, 2003 dated 01-01-2004 w.e.f. 01-01-2004, before it was read as, "3. Disqualification on ground of defection not to apply in case of split.-Where a member of a House makes a claim that he and any other members of his legislature party constitute the group representing a faction which has arisen as a result of a split in his original political party a....