An Introduction to Financial Sacrifice — Page 163
163 membership fall vacant, the local Jam a ‘at shall elect new members and forward their names to Markaz. (Rule 194) 8. A defaulter in the payment of Chandas shall not be eligible to hold an office. A defaulter is one who is in arrears of obligatory Chandas (viz. Chanda ‘ A m / Chanda H i ss a A mad and Chanda Jalsa S a l a na ) for six months or more. Note: In exceptional cases, Markaz may be approached for relaxation. (Rule 208) 9. Following persons shall not be eligible to hold any office in the Jam a ‘at : (a) A person not eligible to vote under Rule 181. (b) A M usi , whose Wa s iyyat has been cancelled by S adr Anjuman Ahmad i yya. (c) A M usi , whose Wa s iyyat has been cancelled by way of disciplinary action. (d) A person putting Jam a ‘at funds into personal use (As explained in Rule 235) and also a person putting funds of an Auxiliary Organization into personal use. Such a person shall not be elected or nominated to any office for a period of three years after the reimbursement of used amount and pardon by Hadrat Khalifatul Masih. If such a person commits the same mistake a second time he shall never be eligible to hold any office the Jam a ‘at. Note: (1)If the Wa s iyyat of a M usi is cancelled due to some reasons other than those mentioned in (b) and (c) and he is paying his obligatory Chandas regularly and he is not in arrears for six months or more, there is no