Section 19: Disqualification of Councillors.

(1) No person shall be qualified for election as a Councillor if-
(a) he has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a country other than Nigeria or, except in such cases as may be prescribed by this Act, has made declaration of allegiance to such a country;
(b) under any law in force in any part of the Federation, he is adjudged to be a lunatic or otherwise declared of unsound mind;
(c) he is under a sentence of death imposed on him by any court of law in Nigeria or a sentence of imprisonment for an offence involving dishonesty (by whatever name called) imposed on him by such a court or substituted by a competent authority for any other sentence imposed on him by such a court;
(d) he has been convicted and sentenced by any court of law or tribunal established by law for an offence involving dishonesty or he has been found guilty of a contravention of the Code of Conduct under the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act;
(e) he is an undischarged bankrupt, having been adjudged or otherwise declared bankrupt under any law in force in any part of the Federation; or
(f) he is a member of a secret society.
(2) Where in respect of any person who has been adjudged to be a lunatic, declared to be of unsound mind, sentenced to death or imprisonment or adjudged or declared bankrupt, any appeal against the decision is pending in any court of law in accordance with any law in force in Nigeria, subsection (1) of this section shall not apply during a period beginning from the date when such appeal is lodged and ending on the date when the appeal is finally determined or, as the case may be, the appeal lapses or is abandoned, whichever is earlier.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) of this section, an "appeal" includes any application for an injunction or an order of certiorari, mandamus, prohibition or habeas corpus, or any appeal from any such application.