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Legislature
- English1 Subject to the rights of the People and the Cantons, the Federal Assembly is the supreme authority of the Confederation.
2 The Federal Assembly comprises two chambers, the National Council and the Council of States; both chambers shall be of equal standing. (Art. 148) - French1 L’Assemblée fédérale est l’autorité suprême de la Confédération, sous réserve des droits du peuple et des cantons.
2 Elle se compose de deux Chambres, le Conseil national et le Conseil des Etats, dotées des mêmes compétences. (Art. 148) - German1 Die Bundesversammlung übt unter Vorbehalt der Rechte von Volk und Ständen die oberste Gewalt im Bund aus.
2 Die Bundesversammlung besteht aus zwei Kammern, dem Nationalrat und dem Ständerat; beide Kammern sind einander gleichgestellt. (Art. 148) - Italian1 L’Assemblea federale esercita il potere supremo nella Confederazione, fatti salvi i diritti del Popolo e dei Cantoni.
2 L’Assemblea federale consta di due Camere, il Consiglio nazionale e il Consiglio degli Stati; le due Camere sono dotate delle stesse competenze. (Art. 148)
Legislature
- English1. To be elected as Member of Parliament, one must be a Greek citizen, have the legal capacity to vote and have attained the age of twenty-five years on the day of the election.
… (Art. 55) - Greek1. Για να εκλεγεί κανείς βουλευτής απαιτείται να είναι Έλληνας πολίτης, να έχει τη νόμιμη ικανότητα να εκλέγει και να έχει συμπληρώσει το εικοστό πέμπτο έτος της ηλικίας του κατά την ημέρα της εκλογής.
… ('Αρθρο 55)
Legislature
- EnglishThat the United Kingdom of Great Britain be represented by one and the same Parliament to be stiled The Parliament of Great Britain. (Union with Scotland Act 1706, Art. III)
Legislature
- English
The National Council of the Slovak Republic shall be the sole constitutional and legislative body of the Slovak Republic. (Art. 72)
- Slovak
Národná rada Slovenskej republiky je jediným ústavodarným a zákonodarným orgánom Slovenskej republiky. (Čl. 72)
Legislature
- EnglishThe people exercise the legislative power through the Storting. The Members of the Storting are elected through free and secret elections.
… (Art. 49) - NorwegianFolket utøver den lovgivende makt ved Stortinget. Stortingets representanter velges gjennom frie og hemmelige valg.
… (§ 49)
Legislature
- EnglishThe Seimas shall consist of representatives of the Nation—141 Members of the Seimas, who shall be elected for a four-year term on the basis of universal, equal, and direct suffrage by secret ballot.
The Seimas shall be deemed elected when not less than 3/5 of the Members of the Seimas are elected.
The procedure for the election of the Members of the Seimas shall be established by law. (Art. 55) - LithuanianSeimą sudaro Tautos atstovai - 141 Seimo narys, kurie renkami ketveriems metams remiantis visuotine, lygia, tiesiogine rinkimų teise ir slaptu balsavimu.
Seimas laikomas išrinktu, kai yra išrinkta ne mažiau kaip 3/5 Seimo narių.
Seimo narių rinkimų tvarką nustato įstatymas. (55 straipsnis)
Legislature
- English
(1) The National Council of the Slovak Republic shall consist of 150 members elected for a four-year term.
… (Art. 73) - Slovak
(1) Národná rada Slovenskej republiky má 150 poslancov, ktorí sú volení na štyri roky.
... (Čl. 73)
Legislature
- English(1) HUNGARY’s supreme representative organ shall be the National Assembly.
… (The State, Art. 1) - Hungarian(1) MAGYARORSZÁG legfőbb népképviseleti szerve az Országgyűlés.
… (Az Állam, 1. cikk)
Legislature
- English
The Riksdag is appointed by means of free, secret and direct elections.
Voting in such elections is by party, with an option for the voter to express a personal preference vote. (Instrument of Government, Chapter 3, Art. 1) - Swedish
Riksdagen utses genom fria, hemliga och direkta val.
Vid sådant val sker röstning på parti med möjlighet för väljarna att lämna särskild personröst. (Kungörelse (1974:152) om beslutad ny regeringsform, 3 kap, 1§)
Legislature
- English(1) Eligible for election to the National Assembly shall be any Bulgarian citizen who does not hold another citizenship, is above the age of 21, is not under a judicial interdiction, and is not serving a prison sentence.
… (Art. 65) - Bulgarian(1) За народен представител може да бъде избиран български гражданин, който нямɚ друго гражданство, навършил е 21 години, не е поставен под запрещение и не изтърпява наказаниɟ лишаване от свобода.
… (Чл. 65)