Section 167(2) in Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993
(2)[ If a person who is chosen as a member of a Zilla Panchayat is or becomes a member of the House of the People, the Council of States, the State Legislative Assembly or the State Legislative Council, or is or becomes a Municipal Councillor or a Councillor of a Municipal Corporation or a Councillor of a Town Panchayat, or a member of a Taluk Panchayat or a Grama Panchayat then at the expiration of a period of fifteen days from the date of notification of the names of the members under section 172, or as the case may be, within fifteen days from the date of commencement of term of office of a member of the House of the people, the Council of states, the State Legislative Assembly or State Legislative Council or a Municipal Councillor or a Councillor of a Municipal Corporation or a Councillor of a Town Panchayat or a member of a Taluk Panchayat or Grama Panchayat, his seat in the Zilla Panchayat shall become vacant unless he has previously resigned his seat in the House of the People, the Council of States, the State Legislative Assembly or the State Legislative Council or the Municipal Council or the Municipal Corporation or Town Panchayat or Taluk Panchayat or Grama Panchayat as the case may be.] [Substituted by Act 29 of 1997 w.e.f. 20.10.1997.]