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Legislature
Yemen
- English...
b. A candidate for the House of Representatives must meet the following conditions:
1. must be a Yemeni.
2. must be at least 25 years old.
3. must be able to read and write (literate).
4. must be of good character and conduct, fulfill his religious duties and have no court convictions against him for committing crimes that contradict the rules of honour and honesty, unless he was pardoned/reprieved. (Art. 64) - Arabic...
ب. يشترط في المرشح لعضوية مجلس النواب الشروط الآتية:-١. أن يكون يمنياً.٢
. أن لا يقل سنه عن خمسة وعشرين عاماً.
٣. أن يكون مجيداً للقراءة والكتابة.٤
. أن يكون مستقيم الخلق والسلوك مؤدياً للفرائض الدينية وأن لا يكون قد صدر ضده حكم قضائي بات في قضية مخلة بالشرف والأمانة ما لم يكن قد رد إليه اعتباره. (المادّة 64)
Legislature
Suriname
- EnglishEligible are the inhabitants who have Suriname nationality, who have reached the age of twenty-one and have not been deprived of the right to vote on the grounds mentioned in the previous article under (a) and (c). (Art. 59)
- DutchVerkiesbaar zijn de ingezetenen die de Surinaamse nationaliteit bezitten, de leeftijd van eenentwintig jaren hebben bereikt en niet op de in het vorige artikel onder a en c genoemde gronden van de uitoefening van het kiesrecht zijn uitgesloten. (Art. 59)
Legislature
Angola
- English1. Members shall be elected by universal, free, equal, direct, secret and periodic suffrage by national citizens aged over eighteen who are resident in national territory, including Angolan citizens resident abroad for the purposes of work, study, illness or similar reasons.
2. Members shall be elected according to the system of proportional representation for a five-year term of office, under the terms of the law. (Art. 143) - Portuguese1. Os Deputados são eleitos por sufrágio universal, livre, igual, directo, secreto e periódico pelos cidadãos nacionais maiores de dezoito anos de idade residentes no território nacional, considerando-se igualmente como tal os cidadãos angolanos residentes no estrangeiro por razões de serviço, estudo, doença ou similares.
2. Os Deputados são eleitos segundo o sistema de representação proporcional, para um mandato de cinco anos, nos termos da lei. (Art. 143)
Legislature
Iran, Islamic Republic of
- EnglishThere are to be two hundred seventy members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly which, keeping in view the human, political, geographic and other similar factors, may increase by not more than twenty for each ten-year period from the date of the national referendum of the year 1368 of the solar Islamic calendar. The Zoroastrians and Jews will each elect one representative; Assyrian and Chaldean Christians will jointly elect one representative; and Armenian Christians in the north and those in the south of the country will each elect one representative.
The limits of the election constituencies and the number of representatives will be determined by law. (Art. 64) - Persianعده نمایندگان مجلس شورای اسلامی دویست و هفتاد نفر است و از تاریخ همهپرسی سال یک هزار و سیصد و شصت و هشت هجری شمسی پس از هر ده سال، با در نظر گرفتن عوامل انسانی، سیاسی، جغرافیایی و نظایر آنها حداکثر بیست نفر نماینده میتواند اضافه شود. زرتشتیان و کلیمیان هر کدام یک نماینده و مسیحیان آشوری و کلدانی مجموعا یک نماینده و مسیحیان ارمنی جنوب و شمال هر کدام یک نماینده انتخاب میکنند. محدوده حوزههای انتخابیه و تعداد نمایندگان را قانون معین میکند. (اصل 64)
Legislature
Seychelles
- EnglishA person is qualified to be elected as a member of the National Assembly if-
(a) the person is qualified to vote at a Presidential or National Assembly election under this Constitution; and
(b) the person does not hold or act in any office the functions of which involve-
(i) any responsibility for, or in connection with, the conduct of the National Assembly election for which the person wishes to stand; or
(ii) any responsibility for the compilation or revision of an electoral register for that National Assembly election. (Art. 80)
Legislature
Belgium
- English§ 1. The Senate is composed of sixty senators, of whom:
1° twenty-nine senators appointed by the Flemish Parliament from among its members or from among the members of the Dutch linguistic group of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region;
2° ten senators appointed from among its members by the Parliament of the French Community;
3° eight senators appointed from among its members by the Parliament of the Walloon Region;
4° two senators appointed from among its members by the French linguistic group of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region;
5° one senator appointed from among its members by the Parliament of the German-speaking Community;
6° six senators appointed by the senators referred to in 1°;
7° four senators appointed by the senators referred to in 2° to 4°.
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§ 3. The Senate is composed of no more than two-thirds of senators of the same gender.
... (Art. 67) - Dutch§ 1. De Senaat telt zestig senatoren, van wie:
1° negenentwintig senatoren aangewezen door het Vlaams Parlement uit het Vlaams Parlement of uit de Nederlandse taalgroep van het Parlement van het Brusselse Hoofdstedelijke Gewest;
2° tien senatoren aangewezen door en uit het Parlement van de Franse Gemeenschap;
3° acht senatoren aangewezen door en uit het Parlement van het Waalse Gewest;
4° twee senatoren aangewezen door en uit de Franse taalgroep van het Parlement van het Brusselse Hoofdstedelijke Gewest;
5° een senator aangewezen door en uit het Parlement van de Duitstalige Gemeenschap;
6° zes senatoren aangewezen door de senatoren bedoeld in 1°;
7° vier senatoren aangewezen door de senatoren bedoeld in 2° tot 4°.
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§ 3. Niet meer dan twee derden van de senatoren zijn van hetzelfde geslacht.
... (Art. 67) - French§ 1er. Le Sénat est composé de soixante sénateurs, dont:
1° vingt-neuf sénateurs désignés par le Parlement flamand en son sein ou au sein du groupe linguistique néerlandais du Parlement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale;
2° dix sénateurs désignés par le Parlement de la Communauté française en son sein;
3° huit sénateurs désignés par le Parlement de la Région wallonne en son sein;
4° deux sénateurs désignés par le groupe linguistique français du Parlement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale en son sein;
5° un sénateur désigné par le Parlement de la Communauté germanophone en son sein;
6° six sénateurs désignés par les sénateurs visés au 1°;
7° quatre sénateurs désignés par les sénateurs visés aux 2° à 4°.
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§ 3. Le Sénat ne compte pas plus de deux tiers de sénateurs du même genre.
... (Art. 67) - German§ 1 – Der Senat setzt sich aus sechzig Senatoren zusammen:
1. Neunundzwanzig Senatoren werden vom Flämischen Parlament aus seiner Mitte oder aus der Mitte der niederländischen Sprachgruppe des Parlaments der Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt bestimmt.
2. Zehn Senatoren werden vom Parlament der Französischen Gemeinschaft aus seiner Mitte bestimmt.
3. Acht Senatoren werden vom Parlament der Wallonischen Region aus seiner Mitte bestimmt.
4. Zwei Senatoren werden von der französischen Sprachgruppe des Parlaments der Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt aus ihrer Mitte bestimmt.
5. Ein Senator wird vom Parlament der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft aus seiner Mitte bestimmt.
6. Sechs Senatoren werden von den unter Nr. 1 erwähnten Senatoren bestimmt.
7. Vier Senatoren werden von den unter den Nummern 2 bis 4 erwähnten Senatoren bestimmt.
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§ 3 – Nicht mehr als zwei Drittel der Senatoren sind desselben Geschlechts.
... (Art. 67)
Legislature
Bahamas
- English1. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament may make laws for the peace, order and good government of The Bahamas.
… (Art. 52)
Legislature
Uruguay
- EnglishTo be a Representative it is necessary to be a natural citizen in full exercise of civil rights, or a legal citizen who has exercised his civil rights for five years, and in both cases, to have attained twenty-five years of age. (Art. 90)
- SpanishPara ser Representante se necesita ciudadanía natural en ejercicio, o legal con cinco años de ejercicio, y, en ambos casos, veinticinco años cumplidos de edad. (Art . 90)
Legislature
Burundi
- EnglishThe elections of the Deputies take place following the ballot of bloc lists [listes bloquées] by proportional representation. These lists must have a multi-ethnic character and take into account the equilibrium between men and women. For three candidates registered together [inscrits à la suite] on a list, only two may belong to the same ethnic group, and at least one in three must be a woman. (Art. 173)
- KirundiAmatora y’abashingamateka ashingira ku rutonde rwugaye rw’amazina rwashikirijwe, bagatorwa hisunzwe amajwi baronse. Urutonde rwose rw’ayo mazina rutegerezwa kurangwa n’uko amoko yose yaserukiwe kandi hakaba harimwo abagabo n’abakenyezi. Ku bitoza batatu bari ku rutonde rumwe, babiri gusa ni bo baba basangiye ubwoko kandi n’imiburiburi umwe kuri batatu ategerezwa kuba ari umugore. (Ingingo ya 173)
- FrenchLes élections des députés se déroulement suivant le scrutin des listes bloquées à la représentation proportionnelle. Ces listes doivent avoir un caractère multiethnique et tenir compte de l’équilibre entre les hommes et les femmes. Pour trois candidats inscrits à la suite sur une liste, deux seulement peuvent appartenir au même groupe ethnique, et au moins un sur trois doit être une femme. (Art. 173)
Legislature
Jordan
- EnglishIn addition to the conditions prescribed in Article (75) of this Constitution, a member of the Senate must have completed forty calendar years of his age and be one of the following classes: present and former prime ministers and ministers; persons who had previously held the offices of ambassadors, ministers plenipotentiary, speakers of the House of Representatives, presidents and judges of the Court of Cassation and of the Civil and Sharia Courts of Appeal; retired military officers of the rank of Lt. General and above; former representatives who were elected at least twice as representatives; and the other similar personalities who enjoy the confidence of the people in view of their work and services to the Nation and the country. (Art. 64)
- Arabicيشترط في عضو مجلس الأعيان زيادة على الشروط المعينة في المادة (75) من هذا الدستور أن يكون قد أتم أربعين سنة شمسية من عمره وأن يكون من إحدى الطبقات الآتية: رؤساء الوزراء والوزراء الحاليون والسابقون ومن أشغل سابقاً مناصب السفراء والوزراء المفوضين ورؤساء مجلس النواب ورؤساء وقضاة محكمة التمييز ومحاكم الإستئناف النظامية والشرعية والضباط المتقاعدون من رتبة أمير لواء فصاعداً والنواب السابقون الذين انتخبوا للنيابة لا أقل من مرتين ومن ماثل هؤلاء من الشخصيات الحائزين على ثقة الشعب واعتماده بأعمالهم وخدماتهم للأمة والوطن. (المادّة 64)