What are the conditions under which a person can hold an office without being disqualified under this Schedule?
The conditions under which a person can hold an office without being disqualified under this Schedule are:

(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.

(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 hold such office.