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Legislature
- English(1) Legislative power in relation to all Union Matters and also in relation to all other matters concerning Mainland Tanzania is hereby vested in Parliament.
… (Art. 64)
Legislature
- EnglishThe Legislative Assembly is a collegiate body composed of Deputies, elected in the form prescribed by this Constitution, and to it fundamentally belongs the attribution to legislate. (Art. 121)
- SpanishLa Asamblea Legislativa es un cuerpo colegiado compuesto por Diputados, elegidos en la forma prescrita por esta Constitución, y a ella compete fundamentalmente la atribución de legislar. (Art. 121)
Legislature
- English
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Paragraph 3. The conditions for eligibility, according to the law, are:
I – the Brazilian nationality;
II – the full exercise of the political rights;
III – the electoral enrollment;
IV – the electoral domicile in the electoral district;
V – the membership in a political party;
VI – the minimum age of:
a) thirty-five years for President and Vice-President of the Republic and Senator;
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c) twenty-one years for Federal Deputy, State or District Deputy, Mayor, Vice-Mayor, and justice of the peace;
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Paragraph 4. The illiterate and those that cannot be registered as voters are not eligible.
... (Art. 14) - Portuguese
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§ 3º São condições de elegibilidade, na forma da lei:
I - a nacionalidade brasileira;
II - o pleno exercício dos direitos políticos;
III - o alistamento eleitoral;
IV - o domicílio eleitoral na circunscrição;
V - a filiação partidária;
VI - a idade mínima de:
a) trinta e cinco anos para Presidente e Vice-Presidente da República e Senador;
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c) vinte e um anos para Deputado Federal, Deputado Estadual ou Distrital, Prefeito, Vice-Prefeito e juiz de paz;
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§ 4º - São inelegíveis os inalistáveis e os analfabetos.
… (Art. 14)
Legislature
- English(1) Each of the constituencies established in accordance with the provisions of section 50 of this Constitution shall return one Representative to the National Assembly who shall be directly elected in such manner as may, subject to the provisions of this Constitution, be prescribed by or under any law enacted by Parliament.
… (Sec. 29)
Legislature
- EnglishSubject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament may make laws for the whole or any part of Samoa and laws having effect outside as well as within Samoa. (Art. 43)
- SamoanPe afai ua tusa ai ma aiaiga o lenei Faavae, e mafai e le Palemene ona fai Tulafono mo le aoao o Samoa po o so o se vaega atoa ma tulafono e faamamaluina i fafo atu faapea ma totonu o Samoa. (Mataupu 43)
Legislature
- EnglishAl‐Shoura Council shall assume the legislative authority, approve the general policy of the Government, the budget, and it shall exercise control over the executive authority as specified in this Constitution. (Art. 76)
- Arabicيتولى مجلس الشورى سلطة التشريع، ويقر الموازنة العامة للدولة، كما يمارس الرقابة على السلطة التنفيذية، وذلك على الوجه المبين في هذا الدستور. (المادّة 76)
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)