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Legislature
- EnglishThe National Assembly consists of two Chambers: the Consultative Council and the Chamber of Deputies. (Art. 51)
- Arabicيتألف المجلس الوطني من مجلسين: مجلس الشورى ومجلس النواب. (المادّة 51)
Legislature
- EnglishThe federal authorities consist of the following:
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4. The Federal National Council.
… (Art. 45) - Arabicتتكون السلطات الاتحادية من:
...4. المجلس الوطني الاتحادي.
... (المادّة 45)
Legislature
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Parliament may make laws for the peace, order and good government of Solomon Islands.
… (Sec. 59)
Legislature
- English
Until the Parliament otherwise provides, the qualifications of a member of the House of Representatives shall be as follows:
(i) he must be of the full age of twenty-one years, and must be an elector entitled to vote at the election of members of the House of Representatives, or a person qualified to become such elector, and must have been for three years at the least a resident within the limits of the Commonwealth as existing at the time when he is chosen;
(ii) he must be a subject of the Queen, either natural-born or for at least five years naturalized under a law of the United Kingdom, or of a Colony which has become or becomes a State, or of the Commonwealth, or of a State. (Sec. 34)
Legislature
- EnglishThe members of the Chamber of Representatives are elected for five years by universal direct suffrage. …
The number of representatives, the electoral regime, the principles of electoral division, the conditions of eligibility, the case of incompatibilities, the rules of limitation of accumulation of mandates and the organization of electoral disputes, are established by an organic law.
… (Art. 62) - Arabicينتخب أعضاء مجلس النواب بالاقتراع العام المباشر لمدة خمس سنوات. …
يبيّن قانون أساسي عدد أعضاء مجلس النواب، ونظام انتخابهم، ومبادئ التقسيم الانتخابي، وشروط القابلية للانتخاب، وحالات التنافي، وقواعد الحدّ من الجمع بين الانتدابات، ونظام المنازعات الانتخابية.
... (الفصل 62)
Legislature
- EnglishThe Chamber of Representatives will be elected in territorial circumscriptions and special circumscriptions.
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The special circumscriptions will assure the participation in the Chamber of Representatives of the ethnic groups and those Colombians resident abroad. Through these circumscriptions four (4) Representatives will be elected, so distributed: two (2) by the circumscription of the communities of afro-descent, one (1) by the circumscription of the indigenous communities, and one (1) by the international circumscription. In the latter, only the votes cast [depositados] outside of the national territory by citizens resident abroad will be counted.
PARAGRAPH 1. From 2014, the basis for the allocation of the additional seats will be adjusted in the same proportion of increase [as] the growth of the national population, in accord with what the census determines. It will correspond to the electoral organization to adjust the figure for the allocation of seats.
… (Art. 176) - SpanishLa Cámara de Representantes se elegirá en circunscripciones territoriales y circunscripciones especiales.
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Las circunscripciones especiales asegurarán la participación en la Cámara de Representantes de los grupos étnicos y de los colombianos residentes en el exterior. Mediante estas circunscripciones se elegirán cuatro (4) Representantes, distribuidos así: dos (2) por la circunscripción de las comunidades afrodescendientes, uno (1) por la circunscripción de las comunidades indígenas, y uno (1) por la circunscripción internacional. En esta última, solo se contabilizarán los votos depositados fuera del territorio nacional por ciudadanos residentes en el exterior.
PARÁGRAFO 1o.
A partir de 2014, la base para la asignación de las curules adicionales se ajustará en la misma proporción del crecimiento de la población nacional, de acuerdo con lo que determine el censo. Le corresponderá a la organización electoral ajustar la cifra para la asignación de curules.
… (Art. 176)
Legislature
- English…
Khmer citizens of both sexes, at least twenty-five years old, have the right to stand as candidates for the elections of the members of the National Assembly.
Khmer citizens of both sexes, at least forty years old, have the right to stand as candidates for the elections of the members of the Senate.
Provisions depriving the right to vote and the right to stand as candidates for the elections shall be determined by the Electoral Law. (Art. 34) - Khmer...
ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរទាំងពីរភេទ ដែលមានអាយុយ៉ាងតិច ២៥ឆ្នាំ អាចឈរឈ្មោះឱ្យគេបោះឆ្នោតជ្រើសតាំងជាតំណាងរាស្ត្រ។
ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរទាំងពីរភេទ ដែលមានអាយុយ៉ាងតិច ៤០ឆ្នាំ អាចឈរឈ្មោះឱ្យគេបោះឆ្នោតជ្រើសតាំងជាសមាជិកព្រឹទ្ធសភា។
បទប្បញ្ញត្តិដកសិទ្ធិបោះឆ្នោត និងសិទ្ធិឈរឈ្មោះឱ្យ គេបោះឆ្នោតត្រូវចែងក្នុងច្បាប់បោះឆ្នោត។ (មាត្រា ៣៤)