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Legislature
- EnglishThe candidates to the legislative elections may be presented by the political parties or present themselves as [en qualité de] independents as [tel que] defined by Article 99 of this Constitution. (Art. 171)
- KirundiAbitoza kuba abashingamateka batangwa n’imigambwe canke bakitoza kugatwe kabo nkuko bitegekanijwe n’ingingo ya 99 y’iri bwirizwa shingiro. (Ingingo ya 171)
- FrenchLes candidats aux élections législatives peuvent être présentés par les partis politiques ou se présenter en qualité d’indépendants tel que défini par l’article 99 de la présente Constitution. (Art. 171)
Legislature
- 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
- EnglishThe legislative authority of the Republic derives from the people of Zambia and shall be exercised in a manner that protects this Constitution and promotes the democratic governance of the Republic. (Art. 61)
Legislature
- English1. Except the provisions for the election of the President of the Republic, the candidates shall be introduced by the registered political parties, singly or in coalition, and, in the case of local government elections, also by groups of independent citizens.
2. Political parties, their coalitions or groups of independent citizens may not introduce to each electoral constituency more than one list of candidates for the same election.
… (Art. 106) - Portuguese1. Salvo o disposto para a eleição do Presidente da República, as candidaturas são apresentadas pelos partidos políticos registados, isoladamente ou em coligação, e, no caso das eleições autárquicas, também por grupos de cidadãos independentes.
2. Os partidos políticos, as suas coligações ou os grupos de cidadãos independentes não podem apresentar em cada círculo eleitoral mais do que uma lista de candidatos para o mesmo acto eleitoral.
… (Art. 106)
Legislature
- English
(1) The members of the National Assembly shall, within fifteen days of the date of holding of its first meeting, elect the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson of the National Assembly from amongst themselves.
(2) Election pursuant to clause (1) shall be so held that there is one woman out of the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson of the National Assembly.
… (Art. 92) - Nepali
(१) राष्ट्रिय सभाको पहिलो बैठक प्रारम्भ भएको मितिले पन्ध्र दिनभित्र राष्ट्रिय सभाका सदस्यहरूले आफूमध्येबाट राष्ट्रिय सभाको अध्यक्ष र उपाध्यक्षको निर्वाचन गर्नेछन् ।
(२) उपधारा (१) बमोजिम निर्वाचन गर्दा राष्ट्रिय सभाको अध्यक्ष र उपाध्यक्ष मध्ये एकजना महिला हुने गरी गर्नु पर्नेछ ।
... (धारा ९२)
Legislature
- EnglishThe Interim National Transitional Council is the supreme power in the State of Libya and shall undertake the works of the supreme sovereignty including legislation and laying down the general policy of the State. The National Transitional Council shall be deemed as the sole legitimate representative of the Libyan people and it shall derive its legitimacy from the Revolution of February 17th. … (Art. 17)
- Arabicالمجلس الوطني الانتقالي المؤقت هو أعلي سلطة في الدولة الليبية، ويباشر أعمال السيادة العليا، بما في ذلك التشريع ووضع السياسة العامة للدولة، وهو الممثل الشرعي الوحيد للشعب الليبي، يستمد شرعيته من ثورة السابع عشر من فبراير. ... (المادّة 17)
Legislature
- English
The legislative power is exercised by the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan. (Art. 81)
- Azerbaijani
Azərbaycan Respublikasında qanunvericilik hakimiyyətini Azərbaycan Respublikasının Milli Məclisi həyata keçirir. (Maddə 81)
Legislature
- 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
- EnglishThere shall be elected by the nobles of the Kingdom from their number nine nobles as representatives of the nobles and there shall be elected by electors duly qualified seventeen representatives of the people.
… (Clause 60) - Tongan‘E fili ‘e he kau nopele ‘o e Pule‘anga mei he kau nopele ha toko hiva ko e kau fakafofonga nopele pea ‘e fili ‘e he kakai ‘oku ‘ata fakalao ha toko hongofulu ma fitu ko e kau fakafofonga kakai.
… (Kupu 60)
Legislature
- English(1) The Senate shall consist of 11 Senators and such other Senators as may be temporarily appointed under section 28.
(2) Of the 11 Senators—
(a) 6 shall be appointed by the Governor General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister;
(b) 3 shall be appointed by the Governor General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Leader of the Opposition; and
(c) 2 shall be appointed by the Governor General, acting in his or her own deliberate judgment after he or she has consulted those religious, economic or social bodies or associations from which he or she considers that such Senators should be selected. (Sec. 24)