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Legislature
- English1. The number of Representatives shall be fifty:
Provided that such number may be altered by a resolution of the House of Representatives carried by a majority comprising two-thirds of the Representatives elected by the Greek Community and two-thirds of the Representatives elected by the Turkish Community.
2. Out of the number of Representatives provided in paragraph I of this Article seventy per centum shall be elected by the Greek Community and thirty per centum by the Turkish Community separately from amongst their members respectively, and in the case of a contested election, by universal suffrage and by direct and secret ballot held on the same day.
The proportion of Representatives stated in this paragraph shall be independent of any statistical data. (Art. 62) - GreekΟ αριθμός των βουλευτών ορίζεται εις πεντήκοντα, δύναται δε να μεταβληθεί δι’ αποφάσεως της Βουλής των Αντιπροσώπων λαμβανομένης διά πλειοψηφίας αποτελουμένης εκ των δύο τρίτων των υπό της ελληνικής κοινότητος εκλεγέντων βουλευτών και εκ των δύο τρίτων των υπό της τουρκικής κοινότητος εκλεγέντων βουλευτών.
Εκ του κατά την πρώτην παράγραφον του παρόντος άρθρου προβλεπομένου αριθμού των βουλευτών τα εβδομήκοντα επί τοις εκατόν εκλέγονται υπό της ελληνικής κοινότητος και τα τριάκοντα επί τοις εκατόν υπό της τουρκικής κοινότητος κεχωρισμένως εκ των μελών εκατέρας κοινότητος και εν περιπτώσει εκλογής, εις ην οι υποψήφιοι είναι πλείονες του αριθμού των εδρών, διά καθολικής αμέσου και μυστικής ψηφοφορίας διενεργουμένης κατά την αυτήν ημέραν.
Η αναλογία των βουλευτών η καθοριζομένη εις την παρούσαν παράγραφον είναι ανεξάρτητος στατιστικών δεδομένων. (Αρθρον 62) - Turkish1. Temsilcilerin sayısı ellidir:
Bu sayı, Temsilciler Meclisinin, Rum Cemaatinin seçtiği Temsilcilerin üçte ikisini ve Türk Cemaatinin seçtiği Temsilcilerin üçte ikisini ihtiva eden bir çoğunlukla alacağı bir karar ile değiştirilebilir.
2. Bu Maddenin 1. fıkrasında gösterilen Temsilci sayısının yüzde yetmişi Rum Cemaati ve yüzde otuzu Türk Cemaati tarafından kendi üyeleri arasından ayrı ayrı yapılacak seçimle ve tartışmalı bir seçim olduğu takdirde ise, aynı günde genel, tek dereceli ve gizli olarak seçilir.
Bu fıkrada konulan Temsilci oranı herhangi bir istatistik verisine tabi değildir. (Madde 62)
Legislature
- EnglishThe National Assembly shall consist of eighty members elected in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. (Sec. 56)
Legislature
- EnglishThe member of Al-Shoura council should fulfill the following conditions:
1. To be a holder of an original Qatari nationality;
2. His age shall not be less than thirty calendar years at the closing date of nomination;
3. To be good in reading and writing Arabic;
4. Not to have been convicted by a competent court of law for an offense involving moral turpitude or dishonesty unless rehabilitated in accordance with the law; and
5. Eligible to vote as determined in the elections law. (Art. 80) - Arabicيجب أن تتوافر في عضو مجلس الشّورى الشّروط التّالية:
1. أن تكون جنسيته الأصلية قطرية،
2. ألا تقل ّسنّه عند قفل باب الترشيح عن ثلاثين سنة ميلادية،
3. أن يجيد اللّغة العربية قراءة وكتابة،
4. ألّا يكون قد سبق الحكم عليه نهائيا في جريمة مخلّة بالشّرف أو الأمانة، ما لم يكن قد ردّ إليه اعتباره وفقا للقانون،
5. أن تتوافر فيه شروط الناخب وفقا لقانون الانتخاب. (المادّة 80)
Legislature
- English1. The Sejm shall be composed of 460 Deputies.
2. Elections to the Sejm shall be universal, equal, direct and proportional and shall be conducted by secret ballot. (Art. 96) - Polish1. Sejm składa się z 460 posłów.
2. Wybory do Sejmu są powszechne, równe, bezpośrednie i proporcjonalne oraz odbywają się w głosowaniu tajnym. (Art. 96)
Legislature
- EnglishShura Council shall express its opinion on State's general policies referred by Prime Minister. The Council shall specifically have the right to exercise the following:
a. Discuss the general plan for economic and social development and give view.
b. Revising laws and regulations, international treaties and agreements, concessions, and provide whatever suggestions it deems appropriate.
c. Analyzing laws.
d. Discuss government agencies annual reports and attaching new proposals when it deems appropriate. (Shura Council Law, Art. 15) - Arabicيبدي مجلس الشورى الرأي في السياسات العامة للدولة التي تحال إليه من رئيس مجلس الوزراء، وله على وجه الخصوص ما يلي:
أ - مناقشة الخطة العامة للتنمية الاقتصادية والاجتماعية، وإبداء الرأي نحوها.
ب - دراسة الأنظمة واللوائح والمعاهدات والاتفاقيات الدولية والامتيازات، واقتراح ما يراه بشأنها.
ج - تفسير الأنظمة.
د- مناقشة التقارير السنوية التي تقدمها الوزارات، والأجهزة الحكومية الأخرى، واقتراح ما يراه حيالها. (نظام مجلس الشورى، المادة15 )
Legislature
- English(1) Eligibility is granted to all citizens having the right to vote, who meet the requirements in Article 16 paragraph (3) , unless they are forbidden to join a political party, in accordance with Article 40 paragraph (3).
(2) Candidates must have turned, up to or on the election day, at least 23 years in order to be elected to the Chamber of Deputies or the bodies of local public administration, at least 33 years in order to be elected to the Senate,
... (Art. 37) - Romanian(1) Au dreptul de a fi aleşi cetăţenii cu drept de vot care îndeplinesc condiţiile prevăzute în articolul 16 alineatul (3), dacă nu le este interzisă asocierea în partide politice, potrivit articolului 40 alineatul (3).
(2) Candidaţii trebuie să fi împlinit, până în ziua alegerilor inclusiv, vârsta de cel puţin 23 de ani pentru a fi aleşi în Camera Deputaţilor sau în organele administraţiei publice locale, vârsta de cel puţin 33 de ani pentru a fi aleşi în Senat
… (Art. 37)
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) Subject to the provisions of this Article, the Legislative Assembly shall consist of one member elected for each of 51 electoral constituencies having names, and comprising of villages or sub-villages as are prescribed from time to time by Act.
(1A) Subject to this Article, women Members of the Legislative Assembly shall:
(a) consist of a minimum of 10% of the Members of the Legislative Assembly specified under clause (1) which for the avoidance of doubt is presently 5; and
(b) be elected pursuant to clause (1) or become additional Members pursuant to clause (1B), (1D) or (1E).
(1B) If, following any general election:
(a) all members elected under clause (1) are men, the prescribed number of women candidates (if any) with the highest number of votes shall become additional Members; or
(b) less than the prescribed number of women candidates are elected under clause (1), the remaining prescribed number of women candidates (if any) with the highest number of votes shall become additional Members for the purposes of clause (1A).
(1C) Clause (1B) does not apply if the prescribed number of women are all elected under clause (1).
(1D) If the seat of an additional Member becomes vacant, it shall, despite Article 48, be filled by the woman candidate (if any) who has the next highest number of votes at the last election or general election.
(1E) Subject to Article 48, if a seat under clause (1) held by a woman becomes vacant, to which a man is elected to fill that vacant seat, the woman candidate (if any) with the highest number of votes from that election or the last election or general election shall become the additional Member.
(1F) If, in the selection of the required number of women under clause (1B), (1D) or (1E), two (2) or more candidates have equal number of votes, the additional Member shall be selected by lot before the Electoral Commissioner with the presence of the candidates or their authorised representatives and at least two (2) police officers.
(1G) If a woman candidate becomes an additional Member of a constituency (irrespective of a woman candidate being elected to that constituency), no other woman candidate from the same constituency shall become an additional Member unless there is no other woman candidate from any other constituency to make up the required prescribed number.
(2) [Repealed by Act 19 of 2015]
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the mode of electing members of the Legislative Assembly, the terms and conditions of their membership, the qualifications of voters, and the manner in which the roll for each electoral constituency roll shall be established and kept shall be prescribed by law.
(4) Members of the Legislative Assembly (including additional Members) shall be known as Members of Parliament.
(5) In this Article, unless the context otherwise requires:
“Additional Member” means a woman who is a Member of Parliament by virtue of clause (1B), (1D), or (1E) for the purposes of clause (1A);
“Highest number of votes” means the percentage of the total valid votes in a constituency polled by a woman candidate;
“Prescribed number” means the minimum number of woman Members of Parliament specified under clause (1A). (Art. 44) - Samoan
(1) I le noatia ma le fai fuafua i aiaiga o lenei Mataupu, o le Fono Aoao Faitulafono, e tatau ona aofia ai le sui usufono e toatasi ua filifilia mo itumalo faiga palota taitasi e 51 ua i ai igoa, ma e aofia ai nuu po o pitonuu e pei ona faatonuina mai lea taimi i lea taimi e le Tulafono.
(1A) I le noatia ma le fai fuafua i lenei Mataupu, e tatau i Sui Usufono tamaitai o le Fono Aoao Faitulafono ona:
(a) aofia ai se fuainumera maualalo a itiiti mai e 10% o Sui Usufono o le Fono Aoao Faitulafono ua faamaoti mai i lalo o le fuaiupu (1) lea e mo le aveesea ai o se tulaga masalomia, e toalima (5) o lo o i ai i le taimi nei; ma
(e) ia filifilia e tusa ai ma le fuaiupu (1) po o ia avea ai ma Sui Usufono faaopoopo e tusa ai ma le fuaiupu (1E), (1O) po o le (1U).
(1E) Afai, i le maea ai o so o se faiga palota aoao:
(a) o sui usufono uma ua filifilia i lalo o le fuaiupu (1) o alii, o le aofai faatonuina o sui tamaitai (pe afai e iai) e maua le fuainumera aupito i maualuga o palota, e tatau ona avea ma Sui Usufono faaopoopo; po o
(e) e itiiti ifo mai le aofai faatonuina o sui tamaitai ua filifilia i lalo o le fuaiupu (1), o le aofai faatonuina o sui tamaitai o lo o totoe (pe afai e i ai) e maua le fuainumera aupito i maualuga o palota, e tatau ona avea ma Sui Usufono faaopoopo mo faamoemoega o le fuaiupu (1A).
(1I) E lē faaaogāina le fuaiupu (1E) pe afai ua filifilia uma le aofai faatonuina o tamaitai i lalo o le fuaiupu (1).
(1O) Afai ua avanoa le nofoa o se Sui Usufono faaopoopo, e tatau, e ui lava i le Mataupu 48, ona faatumuina e se sui tamaitai (pe afai e i ai) o ia lea na ia maua le fuainumera maualuga e sosoo atu i ai o palota i le faiga palota po o le faiga palota aoao talu ai.
(1U) I le noatia ma le fai fuafua i le Mataupu 48, afai ua avanoa se nofoa sa umia e se tamaitai i lalo o le fuaiupu (1), lea ua filifilia i ai se alii na te faatumuina lea nofoa, o le sui tamaitai (pe afai e i ai) na ia maua le fuainumera aupito i maualuga o palota mai lea faiga palota po o le faiga palota talu ai po o le faiga palota aoao, e tatau ona avea ma Sui Usufono faaopoopo.
(1F) Afai, i le filifiliga o le fuainumera manaomia o tamaitai i lalo o le fuaiupu (1E), (1O) po o le (1U), e toalua (2) po o le sili atu foi o sui faatutu e tutusa le aofai o palota na maua, e tatau ona filifili le Sui Usufono faaopoopo e ala i le faia o se sei i luma o le Komesina o Faiga Palota i le auai ai o sui faatutu po o o latou sui faatagaina ma a itiiti mai e toalua (2) leoleo.
(1G) Afai e avea se sui faatu tamaitai ma Sui Usufono faaopoopo o se itumalo faaalaalafaga (e aunoa ma le amanaiaina o le filifilia o se sui faatu tamaitai i lea itumalo faaalaalafaga), e lē tatau ona avea se isi sui faatu tamaitai mai le itumalo faaalaalafaga lava lea ma Sui Usufono faaopoopo seia vagana ai e le o i ai se isi sui faatu tamaitai mai se isi lava itumalo faaalaalafaga e atoa ai le fuainumera faatonuina manaomia.
(2) (Soloia e le Tulafono o Teuteuga o le Faavae 2015, Nu.19).
(3) Vagana ua tusa ai ma aiaiga o lenei Faavae, o le faatinoina o le filifilia o sui usufono o le Fono Aoao Faitulafono, o taimi ma tuutuuga o lona tulaga faasui usufono, o uiga e tusa ai ma le tulafono mo le tagata palota taitoatasi atoa ma le faiga o le a tausia ai ma faa-vaeina le lisi o igoa o le au palota mo itumalo faapea le lisi o igoa o le au palota taitoatasi o le a tausia ma faavaeina o le a faatuina mai e le tulafono.
(4) O Sui Usufono o le Fono Aoao Faitulafono (e aofia ai Sui Usufono faaopoopo) e tatau ona taua o Sui Usufono o le Palemene.
(5) I totonu o lenei Mataupu, seia vagana ai ua manaomia e le mataupu se isi uiga e ese ai:
“Sui Usufono Faaopoopo” o lona uiga o se tamaitai o ia lea o se Sui Usufono o le Palemene e tusa ai o le fuaiupu (1E), (1O) po o le (1U) mo faamoemoega o le fuaiupu (1A):
“Fuainumera aupito maualuga o palota” o lona uiga o le pasene o le aofaiga atoa o palota aloaia a se itumalo faaalaalafaga na mauaina e se sui faatu tamaitai;
“Aofaiga faatonuina” o lona uiga o le fuainumera aupito i maualalo o Sui Usufono tamaitai o le Palemene ua faamaoti mai i lalo o le fuaiupu (1A). (Mataupu 44)
Legislature
- EnglishAn organic law establishes the conditions of the election of the members of the Parliament, their number, their indemnity, the conditions of eligibility, [and] the regime of the ineligibilities and of the incompatibilities.
… (Art. 48) - Arabicيضبط قانون أساسي شروط انتخاب أعضاء البرلمان وعددهم وعلاواتهم كما يحدّد النظام الأساسي عدم القابلية والتّعارض.
... (المادّة 48) - FrenchUne loi organique fixe les conditions de l'élection des membres du Parlement, leur nombre, leur indemnité, les conditions d'éligibilité, le régime des inéligibilités et des incompatibilités.
... (Art. 48)
Legislature
- English… The National Assembly, the Council of Ministers, Courts, Independent Organs and State agencies shall perform duties in accordance with the Constitution, laws and the rule of law for the common good of the nation and the happiness of the public at large. (Sec. 3)
- Thai… รัฐสภา คณะรัฐมนตรี ศาล องค์กรอิสระ และหน่วยงานของรัฐ ต้องปฏิบัติหน้าที่ให้เป็นไปตามรัฐธรรมนูญ กฎหมาย และหลักนิติธรรม เพื่อประโยชน์ส่วนรวมของประเทศชาติและความผาสุกของประชาชนโดยรวม (มาตรา ๓)