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Legislature
- English§ 1. The Senate is composed of sixty senators, of whom:
1° twenty-nine senators appointed by the Flemish Parliament from among its members or from among the members of the Dutch linguistic group of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region;
2° ten senators appointed from among its members by the Parliament of the French Community;
3° eight senators appointed from among its members by the Parliament of the Walloon Region;
4° two senators appointed from among its members by the French linguistic group of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region;
5° one senator appointed from among its members by the Parliament of the German-speaking Community;
6° six senators appointed by the senators referred to in 1°;
7° four senators appointed by the senators referred to in 2° to 4°.
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§ 3. The Senate is composed of no more than two-thirds of senators of the same gender.
... (Art. 67) - Dutch§ 1. De Senaat telt zestig senatoren, van wie:
1° negenentwintig senatoren aangewezen door het Vlaams Parlement uit het Vlaams Parlement of uit de Nederlandse taalgroep van het Parlement van het Brusselse Hoofdstedelijke Gewest;
2° tien senatoren aangewezen door en uit het Parlement van de Franse Gemeenschap;
3° acht senatoren aangewezen door en uit het Parlement van het Waalse Gewest;
4° twee senatoren aangewezen door en uit de Franse taalgroep van het Parlement van het Brusselse Hoofdstedelijke Gewest;
5° een senator aangewezen door en uit het Parlement van de Duitstalige Gemeenschap;
6° zes senatoren aangewezen door de senatoren bedoeld in 1°;
7° vier senatoren aangewezen door de senatoren bedoeld in 2° tot 4°.
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§ 3. Niet meer dan twee derden van de senatoren zijn van hetzelfde geslacht.
... (Art. 67) - French§ 1er. Le Sénat est composé de soixante sénateurs, dont:
1° vingt-neuf sénateurs désignés par le Parlement flamand en son sein ou au sein du groupe linguistique néerlandais du Parlement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale;
2° dix sénateurs désignés par le Parlement de la Communauté française en son sein;
3° huit sénateurs désignés par le Parlement de la Région wallonne en son sein;
4° deux sénateurs désignés par le groupe linguistique français du Parlement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale en son sein;
5° un sénateur désigné par le Parlement de la Communauté germanophone en son sein;
6° six sénateurs désignés par les sénateurs visés au 1°;
7° quatre sénateurs désignés par les sénateurs visés aux 2° à 4°.
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§ 3. Le Sénat ne compte pas plus de deux tiers de sénateurs du même genre.
... (Art. 67) - German§ 1 – Der Senat setzt sich aus sechzig Senatoren zusammen:
1. Neunundzwanzig Senatoren werden vom Flämischen Parlament aus seiner Mitte oder aus der Mitte der niederländischen Sprachgruppe des Parlaments der Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt bestimmt.
2. Zehn Senatoren werden vom Parlament der Französischen Gemeinschaft aus seiner Mitte bestimmt.
3. Acht Senatoren werden vom Parlament der Wallonischen Region aus seiner Mitte bestimmt.
4. Zwei Senatoren werden von der französischen Sprachgruppe des Parlaments der Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt aus ihrer Mitte bestimmt.
5. Ein Senator wird vom Parlament der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft aus seiner Mitte bestimmt.
6. Sechs Senatoren werden von den unter Nr. 1 erwähnten Senatoren bestimmt.
7. Vier Senatoren werden von den unter den Nummern 2 bis 4 erwähnten Senatoren bestimmt.
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§ 3 – Nicht mehr als zwei Drittel der Senatoren sind desselben Geschlechts.
... (Art. 67)
Legislature
- EnglishSubject to this Constitution, each provision of this Division applies, as far as may be-
(a) as between individuals as well as between governmental bodies and individuals; and
(b) to and in relation to corporations and associations (other than governmental bodies) in the same way as it applies to and in relation to individuals, except where, or to the extent that, the contrary intention appears in this Constitution. (Sec. 34)
Legislature
- English
The Chamber of Deputies is composed of representatives of the people, elected, by the proportional system, in each state, territory and in the Federal District.
Paragraph 1. The total number of Deputies, as well as the representation of the states and of the Federal District shall be established by a supplementary law, in proportion to the population, and the necessary adjustments shall be made in the year preceding the elections, so that none of those units of the Federation has less than eight or more than seventy Deputies.
Paragraph 2. Each territory shall elect four Deputies. (Art. 45) - Portuguese
A Câmara dos Deputados compõe-se de representantes do povo, eleitos, pelo sistema proporcional, em cada Estado, em cada Território e no Distrito Federal.
§ 1º O número total de Deputados, bem como a representação por Estado e pelo Distrito Federal, será estabelecido por lei complementar, proporcionalmente à população, procedendo-se aos ajustes necessários, no ano anterior às eleições, para que nenhuma daquelas unidades da Federação tenha menos de oito ou mais de setenta Deputados.
§ 2º Cada Território elegerá quatro Deputados. (Art. 45)
Legislature
- EnglishThere shall be a Parliament which shall consist of the King, a Senate and a National Assembly. (Sec. 54)
Legislature
- English1. The Assembly of the Republic is the representative assembly of all Mozambican citizens.
… (Art. 167) - Portuguese1. A Assembleia da República é a assembleia representativa de todos os cidadãos moçambicanos.
… (Art. 167)
Legislature
- EnglishThere shall be a Parliament of The Bahamas which shall consist of Her majesty, a Senate and a House of Assembly. (Art. 38)
Legislature
- English(1) There shall be a legislature of Sierra Leone which shall be known as Parliament, and shall consist of the President, the Speaker and Members of Parliament.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the legislative power of Sierra Leone is vested in Parliament.
(3) Parliament may make laws for the peace, security order and good government of Sierra Leone. (Sec. 73)
Legislature
- English
The organization and the functioning of the National People’s Assembly and of the Council of the Nation, as well as the functional relations between the Chambers of the Parliament and the Government, are established by an organic law
… (Art. 135) - Arabic
يـحدّد قانون عضويّ تنظيم المجلس الشّعبيّ الوطنيّ ومجلس الأمّة، وعملهما، وكذا العلاقات الوظيفيّة بينهما وبين الحكومة. يحدّد القانون ميزانيّة الغرفتين.
… (المادة 135) - French
L’organisation et le fonctionnement de l’Assemblée Populaire Nationale et du Conseil de la Nation, ainsi que les relations fonctionnelles entre les chambres du Parlement et le Gouvernement, sont fixés par une loi organique.
… (Art. 135)
Legislature
- English1. The House of Representatives shall be composed of members elected by general, secret and direct election in accordance with an election law which shall ensure the following matters and principles :
a. The right of candidates to observe the electoral process.
b. The punishment of those adversely influencing the voters' will.
c. The integrity of the electoral process in all of its stages.
… (Art. 67) - Arabic1. يتألف مجلس النواب من أعضاء منتخبين إنتخاباً عاماً سرياً ومباشراً وفاقاً لقانون للانتخاب يكفل الأمور والمبادئ التالية:
أ. حق المرشحين في مراقبة الأعمال الانتخابية.
ب. عقاب العابثين بإرادة الناخبين.
ج. سلامة العملية الانتخابية في مراحلها كافة.
… (المادة 67)
Legislature
- 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)