Section 8(2) in Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Corporation Act, 2000
(2)Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1),(a)a disqualification under clause (g) of sub-section (1) shall not take effect until three months have elapsed since the date of such disqualification or if within these three months an appeal or petition for revision is brought in respect of the conviction or sentence until that appeal or petition is disposed of;(b)a person shall not be deemed to have incurred any disqualification under clause (h) or clause (i) of sub-section (1) by reason only of his receiving:-(i)any pension; or(ii)any allowance or facility for serving as a Mayor or Deputy Mayor or as a Councillor; or(iii)any fee for attendance at a meeting or any committee of the Corporation;(d)a person shall not be deemed to have any interest in a contract or work such as is referred to in clause (k) of sub-section (1) by reason only of his having a share or interest in -(i)any lease, else, exchange, purchase of immovable property or any agreement for the same; or(ii)any agreement for the loan of money or any security for the payment of money only; or(iii)any newspaper in which any advertisement relating to the affairs of the Corporation is inserted; or(iv)the sale to the Corporation or to any other Municipal authority or any officer or other employee of the Corporation on behalf of the Corporation of any article in which he regularly trades or the purchase from the Corporation or from any such authority, office or other employee on behalf of the Corporation of any article of a value in either case not exceeding five thousand rupees in the aggregate in any year during the period of the contract or work; or(v)the leaving out on hire to the Corporation or the hiring from the Corporation of any article not exceeding two thousand rupees in the aggregate in any year during the period of the contract or work; and(vi)any agreement or contract with the Corporation or any other Municipal authority for taking water or any other thing which the Corporation may generally supply.
