disqualification clause
A legal provision that specifies conditions under which a person is disqualified from holding a certain status, right, or office. Used in contexts such as constitutional law, corporate law, or administrative regulations.
Under the disqualification clause of the constitution, a person convicted of a serious crime cannot hold public office.
The Companies Act stipulates disqualification clauses for directors.
資格 means 'qualification' or 'eligibility' in general, while 欠格条項 specifically refers to a legal clause that strips or denies such qualification.
欠格 means 'disqualification' or 'lack of qualification' as a concept; 欠格条項 is the concrete clause or provision that enacts it.
Compound of 欠格 (disqualification) + 条項 (clause, provision). A straightforward Sino-Japanese legal term.