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Legislature
- EnglishSubject to article 155 (which relates to allegiance, insanity, and other matters) a person shall be qualified for election as a member of the National Assembly if, and shall not be so qualified unless, he or she -
(a) is a citizen of Guyana of the age of eighteen years or upwards; and
(b) is able to speak and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause, to read the English language with a degree of proficiency sufficient to enable him to take an active part in the proceedings of the Assembly. (Art. 53)
Legislature
- EnglishThere shall be a Parliament of Saint Lucia which shall consist of Her Majesty, a Senate and a House of Assembly. (Sec. 23)
Legislature
- EnglishOf the Senators-
a. four shall be appointed by the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister; and
b. two shall be appointed by the Governor-General acting in accordance with the advice of the Leader of the Opposition. (Sec. 28)
Legislature
- EnglishTo be elected deputy, the following is required:
1. To be Honduran by birth;
2. To be at least twenty-one years of age;
3. To be in the enjoyment of the rights of citizenship;
4. To be a layman, and
5. To have been born in the department for which he is running for office or to have resided therein for at least the last five years prior to the date of convocation of the elections. (Art. 198) - SpanishPara ser elegido Diputado se requiere:
1. Ser hondureño por nacimiento;
2. Haber cumplido (21) veintiún años de edad;
3. Estar en el ejercicio de los derechos ciudadanos;
4. Ser del estado seglar; y,
5. Haber nacido en el departamento por el cual se postula o haber residido en él por lo menos los últimos (5) cinco años anteriores a la fecha de convocatoria a elecciones. (Art. 198)
Legislature
- 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
- EnglishThere shall be a Parliament of Jamaica which shall consist of Her Majesty, a Senate and a House of Representatives. (Sec. 34)
Legislature
- EnglishThere shall be a Parliament in and for Antigua and Barbuda which shall consist of Her Majesty, a Senate and a House of Representatives. (Sec. 27)
Legislature
- English
To be [a] deputy it is required:
I. To be a Mexican citizen, by birth, in the exercise of their rights.
II. To be eighteen years of age on the day of the election;
III. To be of origin of the federative entity in which the election is held or resident [vecino] of it with effective residence of more than six months prior to the date of it.
In order to be able to figure on the lists of the plurinomial electoral circumscriptions as a candidate for deputy, it is required to be of origin of any of the federative entities that comprise the circumscription in which the election is held, or [to be] resident of it with effective residence of more than six months prior to the date that it is celebrated.
Residency is not lost for absence in the discharge of public offices [cargos] of popular election.
... (Art. 55) - Spanish
Para ser diputado se requiere:
I. Ser ciudadano mexicano, por nacimiento, en el ejercicio de sus derechos.
II. Tener dieciocho años cumplidos el día de la elección;
III. Ser originario de la entidad federativa en que se haga la elección o vecino de esta con residencia efectiva de más de seis meses anteriores a la fecha de ella.
Para poder figurar en las listas de las circunscripciones electorales plurinominales como candidato a diputado, se requiere ser originario de alguna de las entidades federativas que comprenda la circunscripción en la que se realice la elección, o vecino de ella con residencia efectiva de más de seis meses anteriores a la fecha en que la misma se celebre.
La vecindad no se pierde por ausencia en el desempeño de cargos públicos de elección popular.
... (Art. 55)
Legislature
- EnglishThe Legislative Power of the Nation shall be vested in a Congress composed of two Houses, one of Deputies of the Nation and the other of Senators for the provinces and for the City of Buenos Aires. (Sec. 44)
- SpanishUn Congreso compuesto de dos Cámaras, una de Diputados de la Nación y otra de Senadores de las provincias y de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, será investido del Poder Legislativo de la Nación. (Art. 44)
Legislature
- EnglishThe Chamber of Senators shall be composed of thirty members, elected directly by the people, in a single electoral district, pursuant to the guaranties and rules concerning suffrage contained in Section III and as stated in subsequent articles. … (Art. 94)
- SpanishLa Cámara de Senadores se compondrá de treinta miembros, elegidos directamente por el pueblo, en una sola circunscripción electoral, conforme con las garantías y las normas que para el sufragio se establecen en la Sección lII y a lo que expresan los artículos siguientes. … (Art. 94)