(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of the Act, no person shall be qualified to stand for election as a member of the European Parliament or, if elected, to remain a member thereof if, whether in Malta or in any other Member State –

(a) he is a member of any disciplined force as defined in article 47(1) of the Constitution or of a corresponding force of another Member State;

(b) he holds any office the functions of which involve any responsibility for or in connection with the conduct of elections of members of the European Parliament or the compilation or revision of any Electoral Roll;

(c) he is an undischarged bankrupt having been adjudged or otherwise declared bankrupt under any law in force;

(d) he is interdicted or incapacitated for any mental infirmity or for prodigality by a court or is otherwise determined to be of unsound mind;

(e) he is serving a sentence of imprisonment (by whatever name called) exceeding twelve months imposed on him by a court in a Member State;

(f) he is a member of the judiciary;

(g) he has been deprived of his right to stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament under either the laws of Malta or of his home Member State, through an individual judicial decision or an administrative decision provided that the latter can be subject to judicial remedies;

(h) he is standing as a candidate for the election of members of the European Parliament in the same election in another Member State;

(i) he has not yet attained the age of eighteen years.

(2) The office of member of the European Parliament shall be incompatible with that of member of the House of Representatives or of member of a Local Council under the Local Government Act or of any other similar institution or organ in another Member State, and where a person who holds one of the said offices is elected to a second such office that person shall, within five working days of the publication of the results of the election to such second office, renounce one of these offices:

Provided that where a person fails to renounce one of these offices within the said term of five working days, he shall be deemed to have renounced the office of member of the European Parliament.