6. Disqualifications to be a member

A person shall be disqualified from being appointed or continuing as a member of the Council, if such person–

is or becomes a Member of Parliament, any

is not, or ceases to be, a citizen of Sri Lanka;

directly or indirectly holds or enjoys any right or benefit under any contract made by or on behalf of the Council;

has any financial or other interest as is likely to affect prejudicially the discharge by him of his functions as a member of the Council;

absents himself from three consecutive meetings of the Council without obtaining prior approval from the Council;

is under any law in force in Sri Lanka or any other country, found or declared to be of unsound mind;

is a person who having been declared as insolvent or bankrupt under any law in force in Sri Lanka or in any other country, is an undischarged insolvent or bankrupt; or

is serving or has served a sentence of imprisonment imposed by any court in Sri Lanka or any other country.