Section 10A

is, by his own act, under any acknowledgement of allegiance, obedience of adherence to a foreign power or State;

is an undischarged bankrupt, having been adjudged or otherwise declared bankrupt under any law in force in any part of the Commonwealth;

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holds or is acting in any office or place of profit in the gift or disposal of the

Authority to which he is appointed;

is a party to, or a partner in a firm, or a director or manager of any company, which is a party to, any subsisting contract with such Authority for or on account of the public service, and has not, within one month before the date of his appointment, published, in the English language in a newspaper circulating in the area of such Authority, a notice setting out the nature of such contract and his interest, or the interest or such firm or company, therein;

being a person possessed of professional qualifications, is disqualified, otherwise than at his own request, in any part of the Commonwealth from practising his profession by the order of any competent authority made in respect of him personally:

Provided that disqualification for appointment under this paragraph shall not exceed a period of ten years from the date of such order;

is a person adjudged to be of unsound mind or detained as a criminal lunatic under any enactment for the time being in force in Sabah;

has, in any part of the Commonwealth, been sentenced to death or to imprisonment (by whatever name called) for a term of or exceeding twelve months, or has been convicted of any offence involving dishonesty, and has not been granted a free pardon:

Provided that, if ten years or more have elapsed since the termination of the imprisonment or, in the case of an offence involving dishonesty in respect of which no sentence of imprisonment has been passed, since the date of conviction, the person convicted shall not be disqualified for appointment by reason only of such conviction;

is serving in the Armed Forces of or the police Force of the Federation;

other than District Chiefs, Native Chiefs and Headmen, is in the employment of the Federal or any State Government unless he has

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obtained the prior approval of the Federal or State Government, as the case may be, for such appointment;

is disqualified for membership of an Authority by any enactment for the time being in force in Sabah;

is a member of an Authority other than that to which he is appointed.

For the purposes of this section—