Government of India Act 1935

9 A husband shall be deemed to possess the qualifications requisite for the purposes of the last preceding paragraph if he either—

(a) was assessed in the previous financial year to income tax; or

(b) is a retired, pensioned or discharged officer, non-commissioned officer or soldier of His Majesty's regular military forces; or

(c) occupied for not less than six months in the previous financial year a house in the city of Madras the annual value whereof was not less than sixty rupees, not being a house in any military or police lines; or

(d) was assessed in the Province in the previous financial year to tax on companies; or

(e) was assessed in the Province in the previous financial year to an aggregate amount of not less than three rupees in respect of either or both of the following taxes, namely, property tax or profession tax; or

(f) is registered as a ryotwari pattadar or an inamdar of land the annual rent value whereof is not less than ten rupees; or

(g) holds under a ryotwari pattadar or an inamdar a registered lease of land the annual rent value whereof is not less than ten rupees; or

(h) is registered jointly with the proprietor under section fourteen of the Malabar Land Registration Act, 1895, as the occupant of land the annual rent value whereof is not less than ten rupees; or

(i) is a landholder holding an estate the annual rent value whereof is not less than ten rupees; or

(j) holds as ryot, or as tenant under a landholder, land the annual rent value whereof is not less than ten rupees.