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Legislature
India
- EnglishThere shall be a Parliament for the Union which shall consist of the President and two Houses to be known respectively as the Council of States and the House of the People. (Art. 79)
- Hindiसंघ के लिए एक संसद होगी जो राष्ट्रपति और दो सदनों से मिलकर बनेगी जिनके नाम राज्य सभा और लोक सभा होंगे। (अनुच्छेद 79)
Legislature
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- EnglishTo be elected to the office of deputy of the National Assembly, a person must:
1. Be Venezuelan by birth, or by naturalization with 15 years of residence within the territory of Venezuela.
2. Be over the age of 21 years.
3. Have resided for four consecutive years in the organ from which he or she is elected, prior to such election. (Art. 188) - SpanishLas condiciones para ser elegido o elegida diputado o diputada a la Asamblea Nacional son:
1. Ser venezolano o venezolana por nacimiento o por naturalización con, por lo menos, quince años de residencia en territorio venezolano.
2. Ser mayor de veintiún años de edad.
3. Haber residido cuatro años consecutivos en la entidad correspondiente antes de la fecha de la elección. (Art. 188)
Legislature
Denmark
- EnglishLegislative authority shall be vested in the King and the Folketing conjointly.
… (Sec. 3) - DanishDen lovgivende magt er hos kongen og Folketinget i forening.
… (§ 3)
Legislature
Moldova, Republic of
- English
(1) The members of Parliament shall be elected by universal, equal, direct, secret and freely expressed ballot.
… (Art. 61) - Moldovian
(1) Parlamentul este ales prin vot universal, egal, direct, secret şi liber exprimat.
… (Art. 61)
Legislature
Dominican Republic
- EnglishThe Legislative Power is exercised in the name of the people by the National Congress, formed by the Senate of the Republic and the Chamber of Deputies. (Art. 76)
- SpanishEl Poder Legislativo se ejerce en nombre del pueblo por el Congreso Nacional, conformado por el Senado de la República y la Cámara de Diputados. (Art. 76)
Legislature
Iran, Islamic Republic of
- EnglishThe functions of the legislature are to be exercised through the Islamic Consultative Assembly, consisting of the elected representatives of the people. … (Art. 58)
- Persianاعمال قوه مقننه از طریق مجلس شورای اسلامی است که از نمایندگان منتخب مردم تشکیل میشود. … (اصل 58)
Legislature
United Arab Emirates
- EnglishThe Federal National Council (FNC) consists of forty members. The seats of the FNC are distributed to the member Emirates as follows:
• Abu Dhabi - 8 seats
• Dubai - 8 seats
• Sharjah - 6 seats
• Ras AI Khaimah - 6 seats
• Ajman - 4 seats
• Umm AI Quwain - 4 seats
• Fujairah - 4 seats (Art. 68) - Arabicﻳﺸﻜﻞ اﻟﻤﺠﻠﺲ اﻟﻮﻃﻨﻲ اﻻﺗ ﺤﺎدﻱ ﻣن أربعين ﻋﻀﻮﺍ وﻳ ﻮزﻉ ﻋﺪﺩ ﻣﻘﺎﻋﺪ اﻟﻤﺠﻠﺲ ﻋﻠﻰ اﻻ ﻣﺎراﺕ اﻷﻋﻀﺎﺀ ﻛﻤﺎ ﻳﻠﻲ:
• أﺑﻮﻇﺒﻲ 8 ﻣﻘﺎﻋﺪ
• دﺑـﻲ 8 ﻣﻘﺎﻋﺪ
• اﻟﺸ ﺎرﻗﺔ 6 ﻣﻘﺎﻋﺪ
• رأﺱ اﻟﺨﻴﻤﺔ 6 ﻣﻘﺎﻋﺪ
• ﻋﺠﻤﺎﻥ 4 ﻣﻘﺎﻋﺪ
• أﻡ اﻟﻘﻴﻮﻳﻦ 4 ﻣﻘﺎﻋﺪ
• اﻟﻔﺠﻴﺮﺓ 4 ﻣﻘﺎﻋﺪ (المادّة 68)
Legislature
Myanmar
- EnglishThe Amyotha Hluttaw representatives shall be :
(a) persons who have attained the age of 30 years;
(b) persons who have qualifications, with the exception of the age limit, entitled to be elected as Pyithu Hluttaw representatives prescribed under Section 120;
(c) persons whose qualifications does not breach the provisions under Section 121 which disqualified a person from standing for election as the Pyithu Hluttaw representatives. (Sec. 152) - Burmeseအမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော် ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များသည် -
(က) အသက်၃၀နှစ်ပြည့်ပြီးသူများဖြစ်ရမည်၊
(ခ) အသက်ကန့်သတ်ချက်မှအပ ပုဒ်မ၁၂၀ တွင် ဖော်ပြထားသည့် ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များအဖြစ် ရွေးကောက်တင်မြှောက်ခံပိုင်ခွင့်ရှိသော အရည်အချင်းများနှင့် ပြည့်စုံရမည်၊
(ဂ) ပုဒ်မ ၁၂၁တွင် ဖော်ပြထားသည့် ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်အဖြစ်ရွေးကောက်တင်မြောက်ခံပိုင်ခွင့် မရှိစေသော ပြဌာန်းချက်များနှင့်လည်းသက်ဆိုင်စေရမည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၁၅၂)
Legislature
Afghanistan
- EnglishThe individual who becomes a candidate or appointed to the membership of the National Assembly, in addition to the completion of the conditions of the election, shall have the following qualifications:
1. Shall be a citizen of Afghanistan or shall have obtained citizenship of the state of Afghanistan at least ten years prior to candidacy date or appointment;
2. Shall not have been convicted of crimes against humanity, as well as a crime or deprivation from civil rights by a court;
3. Shall have completed twenty-five years of age on candidacy day for the House of People, and thirty-five years on candidacy day or appointment for the House of Elders. (Art. 85) - Dariشخصی كه به عضویت شورای ملی كاندید یا تعیین می شود، علاوه بر تكمیل شرایط انتخاب كنندگان واجد اوصاف ذیل می باشد:
١- تبعۀ افغانستان بوده یا حداقل ده سال قبل از تاریخ كاندید یا تعیین شدن تابعیت دولت افغانستان را كسب كرده باشد؛
٢- از طرف محكمه به ارتكاب جرایم ضد بشری، جنایت و یا حرمان از حقوق مدنی محكوم نشده باشد؛
٣- اعضای ولسی جرگه سن بیست و پنج سالگی را در روز كاندید شدن و اعضای مشرانو جرگه سن سی و پنج سالگی را در روز كاندید یا تعیین شدن تكمیل كرده باشند. (مادۀ ۸۵) - Pashtoهغه څوك چې د ملي شورى غړيتوب ته كانديد يا ټاكل كيږي، د ټاكونكو پر شرطونو سربيره، دا لاندې صفتونه هم ولري:
١- د افغانستان تبعه وي يا لږتر لږه د كانديديدو يا تعيين تر نېټې لس کاله پخوا يې د افغانستان د دولت تابعيت ترلاسه كړى وي؛
٢- د محكمې له خوا د بشري ضد جرمونو، او جنايت په ارتكاب او يا له مدني حقوقو څخه په محرومۍ محكوم شوى نه وي؛
٣- د ولسي جرگې غړيو د كانديديدو په ورځ د عمر پنځه ويشت کاله او د مشرانو جرگې غړيو د كانديديدو يا ټاكني په ورځ د عمر پنځه دېرش کاله بشپړ كړي وي. (۸۵ ماده)
Legislature
Montenegro
- EnglishThe Parliament shall consist of the Members of the Parliament elected directly on the basis of the general and equal electoral right and by secret ballot.
The Parliament shall have 81 Members. (Art. 83) - MontenegrinSkupštinu čine poslanici koji se biraju neposredno, na osnovu opšteg i jednakog biračkog prava i tajnim glasanjem.
Skupština ima 81 poslanika. (Član 83)