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Legislature
Trinidad and Tobago
- EnglishThere shall be a Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago which shall consist of the President, the Senate and the House of Representatives. (Sec. 39)
Legislature
Canada
- EnglishThe Qualifications of a Senator shall be as follows:
(1) He shall be of the full age of Thirty Years;
(2) He shall be either a natural-born Subject of the Queen, or a Subject of the Queen naturalized by an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of the Legislature of One of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Canada, Nova Scotia, or New Brunswick, before the Union, or of the Parliament of Canada after the Union;
(3) He shall be legally or equitably seised as of Freehold for his own Use and Benefit of Lands or Tenements held in Free and Common Socage, or seised or possessed for his own Use and Benefit of Lands or Tenements held in Franc-alleu or in Roture, within the Province for which he is appointed, of the Value of Four thousand Dollars, over and above all Rents, Dues, Debts, Charges, Mortgages, and Incumbrances due or payable out of or charged on or affecting the same;
(4) His Real and Personal Property shall be together worth Four thousand Dollars over and above his Debts and Liabilities;
(5) He shall be resident in the Province for which he is appointed;
(6) In the Case of Quebec he shall have his Real Property Qualification in the Electoral Division for which he is appointed, or shall be resident in that Division. (Constitution Act 1867, Sec. 23) - FrenchLes qualifications d’un sénateur seront comme suit:
1. Il devra être âgé de trente ans révolus;
2. Il devra être sujet-né de la Reine, ou sujet de la Reine naturalisé par loi du parlement de la Grande-Bretagne, ou du parlement du Royaume-Uni de la Grande-Bretagne et d’Irlande, ou de la législature de l’une des provinces du Haut-Canada, du Bas-Canada, du Canada, de la Nouvelle-Écosse, ou du Nouveau-Brunswick, avant l’union, ou du parlement du Canada, après l’union;
3. Il devra posséder, pour son propre usage et bénéfice, comme propriétaire en droit ou en équité, des terres ou tenements tenus en franc et commun socage,— ou être en bonne saisine ou possession, pour son propre usage et bénéfice, de terres ou tenements tenus en franc-alleu ou en roture dans la province pour laquelle il est nommé, de la valeur de quatre mille piastres en sus de toutes rentes, dettes, charges, hypothèques et redevances qui peuvent être attachées, dues et payables sur ces immeubles ou auxquelles ils peuvent être affectés;
4. Ses propriétés mobilières et immobilières devront valoir, somme toute, quatre mille piastres, en sus de toutes ses dettes et obligations;
5. Il devra être domicilié dans la province pour laquelle il est nommé;
6. En ce qui concerne la province de Québec, il devra être domicilié ou posséder sa qualification foncière dans le collège électoral dont la representation lui est assignée. (Loi constitutionnelle de 1867, Sec. 23)
Legislature
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament may make laws for the peace, order and good government of Saint Christopher and Nevis.
… (Sec. 37)
Legislature
Guyana
- English…
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament may make provision -
(a) …
(v) for the extraction from the lists and declaration of names of the candidates who have been elected, and for such provision for extraction to take into account the proportion that women form of the electorate;
…
(b) …
(iii) for the minimum number or proportion of female candidates on a party’s list and in all party’s lists taken together;
(iv) for the minimum number or proportion of female candidates on a party’s lists for geographical constituencies taken individually or together;
(v) for the maximum percentage or the number of geographical constituencies a party can contest in which its lists contain no female candidate.
… (Art. 160)
Legislature
Grenada
- English(1) The Senate shall consist of thirteen members (in this Constitution referred to as "Senators") who shall be appointed by the Governor-General in accordance with this section.
(2) Of the Senators-
(a) seven shall be appointed by the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister;
(b) three shall be appointed by the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Leader of the Opposition; and
(c) three shall be appointed by the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister after the Prime Minister has consulted the organisations or interests which the Prime Minister considers the Senators should be selected to represent. (Sec. 24)
Legislature
Bahamas
- EnglishThere shall be a Parliament of The Bahamas which shall consist of Her majesty, a Senate and a House of Assembly. (Art. 38)
Legislature
Chile
- EnglishThe Senate is composed of members elected by direct vote in senatorial circumscriptions, in consideration of the regions of the country, each one of which will constitute, at the least, one circumscription. The respective constitutional organic law will determine the number of Senators, the senatorial circumscriptions and the form of their election.
... (Art. 49) - SpanishEl Senado se compone de miembros elegidos en votación directa por circunscripciones senatoriales, en consideración a las regiones del país, cada una de las cuales constituirá, a lo menos, una circunscripción. La ley orgánica constitucional respectiva determinará el número de Senadores, las circunscripciones senatoriales y la forma de su elección.
... (Art. 49)
Legislature
Suriname
- English1. The National Assembly represents the people of the Republic of Suriname and expresses the sovereign will of the nation.
2. The National Assembly is the highest organ of the State. (Art. 55) - DutchDe Nationale Assemblée vertegenwoordigt het volk van de Republiek Suriname en brengt de souvereine wil van de natie tot uitdrukking.
De Nationale Assemblée is het hoogste orgaan van de Staat. (Art. 55)
Legislature
Uruguay
- EnglishThe Legislative Power shall be exercised by the General Assembly. (Art. 83)
- SpanishEl Poder Legislativo será ejercido por la Asamblea General. (Art. 83)
Religious Law
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- English… The State is independent of religion. (Art. 4)
- Spanish… El Estado es independiente de la religión. (Art. 4)