Government of India Act 1935

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

(a) is a retired, pensioned or discharged officer, noncommissioned officer or soldier of His Majesty's regular military forces or the Assam Rifles; or

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

(c) was in the previous financial year assessed in the constituency in respect of municipal or cantonment rates or taxes—

(i) in the Nowgong municipality, to not less than two rupees; or

(ii) in the Sylhet municipality, to not less than one rupee eight annas; or

(iii) elsewhere in the Province, to not less than three rupees; or

(d) was in the constituency assessed in the previous financial year to a tax of not less than one rupee in a Small Town; or

(e) was in the constituency assessed in the previous financial year in the district of Sylhet, the district of Cachar or the district of Goalpara to a tax of not less than one rupee under the Village Chaukidari Act, 1870; or

(f) elsewhere than in the said districts, is the owner of land in the constituency, the land revenue on which has been assessed or is assessable at not less than fifteen rupees per annum; or

(g) is liable to pay a local rate in the constituency of not less than one rupee per annum.