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Legislature
- EnglishThe Amyotha Hluttaw representatives shall be :
(a) persons who have attained the age of 30 years;
(b) persons who have qualifications, with the exception of the age limit, entitled to be elected as Pyithu Hluttaw representatives prescribed under Section 120;
(c) persons whose qualifications does not breach the provisions under Section 121 which disqualified a person from standing for election as the Pyithu Hluttaw representatives. (Sec. 152) - Burmeseအမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော် ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များသည် -
(က) အသက်၃၀နှစ်ပြည့်ပြီးသူများဖြစ်ရမည်၊
(ခ) အသက်ကန့်သတ်ချက်မှအပ ပုဒ်မ၁၂၀ တွင် ဖော်ပြထားသည့် ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များအဖြစ် ရွေးကောက်တင်မြှောက်ခံပိုင်ခွင့်ရှိသော အရည်အချင်းများနှင့် ပြည့်စုံရမည်၊
(ဂ) ပုဒ်မ ၁၂၁တွင် ဖော်ပြထားသည့် ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်အဖြစ်ရွေးကောက်တင်မြောက်ခံပိုင်ခွင့် မရှိစေသော ပြဌာန်းချက်များနှင့်လည်းသက်ဆိုင်စေရမည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၁၅၂)
Legislature
- English
Any citizen of the Republic of Lithuania who is not bound by an oath or a pledge to a foreign state, and who, on the election day, is not younger than 21 years of age and permanently resides in Lithuania, may stand for election as a Member of the Seimas.
... (Art. 56) - Lithuanian
Seimo nariu gali būti renkamas Lietuvos Respublikos pilietis, kuris nesusijęs priesaika ar pasižadėjimu užsienio valstybei ir rinkimų dieną yra ne jaunesnis kaip 21 metų bei nuolat gyvena Lietuvoje.
... (56 straipsnis)
Legislature
- English(1) The House of Representatives shall consist of such number of members as corresponds with the number of constituencies for the time being established for Grenada under section 56 of this Constitution, who shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of section 32 of this Constitution.
… (Sec. 29)
Legislature
- English(1) Legislative power shall be exercised by the Parliament which shall comprise 2 (two) Houses:
(a) the National Assembly;
(b) the Senate.
… (Art. 14) - French(1) Le pouvoir législatif est exercé par le Parlement qui comprend deux (2) chambres:
- lʼAssemblée Nationale;
- Le Sénat.
… (Art. 14)
Legislature
- English(1) Legislative power in relation to all Union Matters and also in relation to all other matters concerning Mainland Tanzania is hereby vested in Parliament.
… (Art. 64)
Legislature
- English1. The Palestinian Legislative Council is the elected legislative authority.
… (Art. 47) - Arabic1- المجلس التشريعي الفلسطيني هو السلطة التشريعية المنتخبة.
... (المادّة 47)
Legislature
- English
1. The members of the Lower House shall be elected directly by Dutch nationals who have attained the age of eighteen, with the exception of any Dutch nationals who may be excluded by Act of Parliament by virtue of the fact that they are not resident in the Netherlands.
… (Art. 54) - Dutch
1. De leden van de Tweede Kamer worden rechtstreeks gekozen door de Nederlanders die de leeftijd van achttien jaar hebben bereikt, behoudens bij de wet te bepalen uitzonderingen ten aanzien van Nederlanders die geen ingezetenen zijn.
… (Art. 54)
Legislature
- EnglishTo be elected Senator, one must:
1. be Haitian of origin, never to have renounced his nationality and not holding any other nationality at the moment of his inscription;
2. be thirty (30) years of age;
3. enjoy ones civil and political rights and to never have been condemned to a afflictive and infamous penalty for a crime of common law;
4. have resided in the Department to be represented at least three (3) consecutive years preceding the date of the elections;
5. be the owner of real assets in the department or to exercise a profession or an industry there.
6. have received discharge, the case arising, from being a manager of public funds. (Art. 96) - FrenchPour être élu Sénateur, il faut:
1. être haïtien d'origine, n'avoir jamais renoncé à sa nationalité et ne détenir aucune autre nationalité au moment de l'inscription;
2. être âgé de trente (30) ans accomplis;
3. jouir de ses droits civils et politiques et n'avoir jamais été condamné à une peine afflictive et infamante pour un crime de droit commun;
4. avoir résidé dans le Département à représenter au moins trois (3) années consécutives précédant la date des élections;
5. être propriétaire d'un immeuble dans le département ou y exercer une profession ou une industrie;
6. avoir obtenu décharge, le cas échéant, comme gestionnaire de fonds publics. (Art. 96)