I would call the Minister's attention to the wording of sub-section (2):
If and whenever any ordinary member is adjudged a bankrupt, or makes a composition or arrangement with his creditors, or is sentenced by a court of competent jurisdiction to suffer imprisonment or penal servitude . . . .
May I submit to the Minister that if it were only for appearance sake that sub-section ought to be divided up into paragraphs ? There surely ought to be a differentiation made between the two things that are there linked together. One involves no criminal guilt, but the other does and disqualifies a person from holding a public office. I suggest to the Minister that the section ought to be redrafted. I think it is correct to say that there is no precedent for the drafting of a section in this way.
