Can a disbarred judge continue to hold office?

In Kivett v. Mason, 185 Tenn. 558, 206 S.W.2d 789, 791, the above statements of the rules of construction in respect to the matter at hand were sustained. There a judge was disbarred from practice of law. Thereafter the legislature [141 Cal.App.2d 777] enacted a law requiring as a qualification to hold judicial office that a judge be a practicing attorney. On the issue as to whether the disbarred judge could continue to hold office the court said: