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Legislature
- English1 1° The National Parliament shall be called and known, and is in this Constitution generally referred to, as the Oireachtas.
2° The Oireachtas shall consist of the President and two Houses, viz.: a House of Representatives to be called Dáil Éireann and a Senate to be called Seanad Éireann.
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2 1° The sole and exclusive power of making laws for the State is hereby vested in the Oireachtas: no other legislative authority has power to make laws for the State.
… (Art. 15) - Irish Gaelic1 1° An tOireachtas is ainm don Pharlaimint Náisiúnta, agus sin é a bheirtear uirthi de ghnáth sa Bhunreacht seo.
2° An tUachtarán agus dhá Theach atá san Oireachtas: Teach Ionadóirí ar a dtugtar Dáil Éireann, agus Seanad ar a dtugtar Seanad Éireann.
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2 1° Bheirtear don Oireachtas amháin leis seo an t-aon chumhacht chun dlíthe a dhéanamh don Stát; níl cumhacht ag údarás reachtaíochta ar bith eile chun dlíthe a dhéanamh don Stát.
… (Airteagal 15)
Legislature
- EnglishThe people exercise the legislative power through the Storting. The Members of the Storting are elected through free and secret elections.
… (Art. 49) - NorwegianFolket utøver den lovgivende makt ved Stortinget. Stortingets representanter velges gjennom frie og hemmelige valg.
… (§ 49)
Legislature
- English
A candidate for membership in the Senate or the person who appoints him must be an Egyptian with civil and political rights. He must have at least a university degree or equivalent, and his age must be less than thirty-five years. The law specifies the conditions of candidacy, electoral system and the division of constituencies to take into account the equitable representation of the population and the governorates. Nomination can take place through singlemember election or multi-member election, or both together. (Art. 251)
- Arabic
يشترط فيمن يترشح لعضوية مجلس الشيوخ أو من يعين فيه أن يكون مصرياً، متمتعاً بحقوقه المدنية والسياسية، حاصلاً على مؤهل جامعي أو ما يعادله على الأقل، وألا يقل سنه يوم فتح باب الترشح عن خمس وثلاثين سنة ميلادية. ويبين القانون شروط الترشح الأخرى، ونظام الإنتخاب، وتقسيم الدوائر الانتخابية بما يُراعى التمثيل العادل للسكان والمحافظات، ويجوز الأخذ بالنظام الإنتخابي الفردي أو المنعدد الأعضاء أو الجمع بينهما. (المادّة 251)
Legislature
- English
(1) The National Assembly consists of—
(a) two hundred and ten members elected by secret ballot from the two hundred and ten constituencies into which Zimbabwe is divided; and
(b) for the life of the first four Parliaments after the effective date, an additional sixty women members, six from each of the provinces into which Zimbabwe is divided, elected through a system of proportional representation based on the votes cast for candidates representing political parties in a general election for constituency members in the provinces.
(c) a further additional ten youth members, that is, persons aged from twenty-one to thirtyfive years of age, one from each of the provinces into which Zimbabwe is divided, elected under a party-list system of proportional representation—
(i) which is based on the votes cast for candidates representing political parties in a general election for constituency members in the provinces; and
(ii) in which male and female candidates are listed alternately:
Provided that political parties must ensure that—
(a) ten of the sixty women members are under the age of thirty-five;
(b) women with disabilities are represented on their party lists; and
(c) young women with disabilities are represented on their party lists in terms of an Act of Parliament.
… (Sec. 124)
Legislature
- EnglishAll members of the National Popular Assembly are elected by electoral districts defined by law, by means of a free, equal, direct, secret and periodic universal suffrage. (Art. 77)
- PortugueseOs deputados à Assembleia Nacional Popular são eleitos por círculos eleitorais definidos na lei por sufrágio universal, livre, igual, directo, secreto e periódico. (Art. 77)
Legislature
- English
The Deputies to the National Assembly are elected for five (5) years by direct universal suffrage.
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All Mauritanian citizens enjoying their civil and political rights [and] at least twenty-five (25) years old are eligible to the mandate of Deputy. (Art. 47) - Arabic
ينتخب نواب الجمعية الوطنية لمدة خمس (5) سنوات بالاقتراع المباشر.
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يحق لكل مواطن موريتاني متمتع بحقوقه المدنية والسياسية أن ينتخب نائبا إذا كان عمره لا يقل عن خمس وعشرين (25) سنة. (المادّة 47) - French
Les députés à l'Assemblée nationale sont élus pour cinq(5) ans au suffrage universel direct.
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Sont éligibles au mandat de député tous les citoyens mauritaniens jouissant de leurs droits civils et politiques âgés de vingt-cinq (25) ans au moins. (Art. 47)
Legislature
- EnglishThe National People's Congress and its Standing Committee exercise the legislative power of the state. (Art. 58)
- Chinese全国人民代表大会和全国人民代表大会常务委员会行使国家立法权。(第五十八条)
Legislature
- EnglishEveryone with the right to vote and who is not under guardianship can be a candidate in parliamentary elections.
… (Sec. 27) - FinnishEduskuntavaaleissa on vaalikelpoinen jokainen äänioikeutettu, joka ei ole vajaavaltainen.
… (27 §) - SwedishValbar i riksdagsval är varje röstberättigad som inte är omyndig.
… (27 §)
Legislature
- English1. The Parliament of Georgia is the supreme representative body of the country that exercises legislative power, defines the main directions of the country’s domestic and foreign policies, controls the activities of the Government within the scope established by the Constitution, and exercises other powers.
… (Art. 36) - Georgian1. საქართველოს პარლამენტი არის ქვეყნის უმაღლესი წარმომადგენლობითი ორგანო, რომელიც ახორციელებს საკანონმდებლო ხელისუფლებას, განსაზღვრავს ქვეყნის საშინაო და საგარეო პოლიტიკის ძირითად მიმართულებებს, კონსტიტუციით დადგენილ ფარგლებში კონტროლს უწევს მთავრობის საქმიანობას და ახორციელებს სხვა უფლებამოსილებებს.
… (მუხლი 36)
Legislature
- English(1) Parliament shall consist of —
(a) such number of elected Members as is required to be returned at a general election by the constituencies prescribed by or under any law made by the Legislature;
(b) such other Members, not exceeding 12 in number, who shall be known as non-constituency Members, as the Legislature may provide in any law relating to Parliamentary elections to ensure the representation in Parliament of a minimum number of Members from a political party or parties not forming the Government; and
(c) such other Members not exceeding 9 in number, who shall be known as nominated Members, as may be appointed by the President in accordance with the provisions of the Fourth Schedule.
... (Art. 39)