,  ~ ,  / '" t~ ~~ , h /11/516 \; ·\r,> •• '~_ i the prevention of disqualifica-tion (amendment) bill, 1958 (as introduced in lok sabha)  the prevention of disqualification· (amendment) bill, 1958 (as introduced in lok sabra) a billfurther to amend the prevention of disqualification act, 1953 be it enacted by parliament in the ninth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the prevention of disqualification short title (amendment) act, 1958 1 of 19'''· $ z in section 4 of the prevention of disqualification act, 1q53, for amendment the figures and words "31st day of december, 1958", the figures and or eccdon  words "31st day of december, 1959" shall be substituted  statement of objects and reasonssection 4 of the prevention of disqualification act, 1953, is due to expire on the 31st december, 1958 the parliament (prevention of disqualification) bill, 1957, which seeks to replace the act of 1953, has been passed by the lok sabha and is pending in the rajya sabha the bill deals with a very complex problem and has aroused considerable controversy the bill is not therefore likely to be passed into law before the 31st december, 1958 in the circumstances, it is proposed to extend the life of section 4 for a further period of one year new delm; a k sen the 12th december, 1958  annexure extract from the prevention of disqualification act 1953(1 of 1954) - - - - 4 it is hereby further decla~ed that the following offices shall be i=~~ deemed never to have disqualified, and shall not, if held for any disqualitk:aperiod not extending beyond the 31st day of december, 1958, dis- ~':,t::rahi qualify, the holders thereof for being chosen as, or for being, or paru- p b f p 1· t ment in mem ers 0 ar lamen ,-certain other (a) the offices of chairman and member of a committee calel other than any such committee as is referred to in clause (a) of section 3; (b) the offices of chairman, director, member and officer of a statutory body, where the power to make any appointment to any such office or the power to remove any person therefrom is vested in the government further to amend the prevention of disqualification act, 1953· (shri a,okl k sen, minlstr o/lafij) 