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Legislature
- EnglishSubject to the provisions of section 44, any person who
(a) is a citizen of Barbados of the age of twenty-one years or upwards; and
(b) has such connection with Barbados by residence therein as may be prescribed by Parliament, shall be qualified to be elected as a member of the House of Assembly. (Sec. 43)
Legislature
- EnglishIn order to be a male or female senator one is required to be a male or female Dominican in full exercise of civil and political rights, to have reached twenty-five years of age, to be a native of the territory that elects him or to have resided in it for at least five consecutive years.
… (Art. 79) - SpanishPara ser senadora o senador se requiere ser dominicana o dominicano en pleno ejercicio de los derechos civiles y políticos, haber cumplido veinticinco años de edad, ser nativo de la demarcación territorial que lo elija o haber residido en ella por lo menos cinco años consecutivos.
… (Art. 79)
Legislature
- EnglishIn conformity with the Constitution legislative power shall be vested in the Amir and the National Assembly. (Art. 51)
- Arabicالسلطة التشريعية يتولاها الأمير ومجلس الأمة وفقاً للدستور. (المادّة 51)
Legislature
- EnglishShura Council shall express its opinion on State's general policies referred by Prime Minister. The Council shall specifically have the right to exercise the following:
a. Discuss the general plan for economic and social development and give view.
b. Revising laws and regulations, international treaties and agreements, concessions, and provide whatever suggestions it deems appropriate.
c. Analyzing laws.
d. Discuss government agencies annual reports and attaching new proposals when it deems appropriate. (Shura Council Law, Art. 15) - Arabicيبدي مجلس الشورى الرأي في السياسات العامة للدولة التي تحال إليه من رئيس مجلس الوزراء، وله على وجه الخصوص ما يلي:
أ - مناقشة الخطة العامة للتنمية الاقتصادية والاجتماعية، وإبداء الرأي نحوها.
ب - دراسة الأنظمة واللوائح والمعاهدات والاتفاقيات الدولية والامتيازات، واقتراح ما يراه بشأنها.
ج - تفسير الأنظمة.
د- مناقشة التقارير السنوية التي تقدمها الوزارات، والأجهزة الحكومية الأخرى، واقتراح ما يراه حيالها. (نظام مجلس الشورى، المادة15 )
Legislature
- EnglishThe Parliament votes the law, consents to taxes, controls the action of the Government and evaluates the public policies within the conditions provided for by this Constitution. (Art. 36)
- FrenchLe Parlement vote la loi, consent l'impôt, contrôle l'action du Gouvernement et évalue les politiques publiques dans les conditions prévues par la présente Constitution. (Art. 36)
Legislature
- English
Attributions of the Congress are:
1. To enact [dar] laws and legislative resolutions, as well as to interpret, modify or abrogate those extant;
… (Art. 102) - Spanish
Son atribuciones del Congreso:
1. Dar leyes y resoluciones legislativas, así como interpretar, modificar o derogar las existentes.
… (Art. 102)
Legislature
- EnglishElections of the National Assembly and community councils, as well as referenda shall be carried out on the basis of universal, equal, free, and direct suffrage, by secret vote. (Art. 7)
- ArmenianԱզգային ժողովի և համայնքների ավագանիների ընտրությունները, ինչպես նաև հանրաքվեներն անցկացվում են ընդհանուր, հավասար, ազատ և ուղղակի ընտրական իրավունքի հիման վրա՝ գաղտնի քվեարկությամբ: (Հոդված 7)
Legislature
- English(1) There shall be a Parliament of the United Republic which shall consist of two parts, that is to say, the President and the National Assembly.
(2) The National Assembly shall consist of all categories of members specified in Article 66 of this Constitution, who shall all be designated as Members of Parliament.
… (Art. 62)
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 Councillors are elected by universal, free, equal and direct suffrage for a four-year term. Their mandate shall cease four years after their election or on the day that the General Council is dissolved.
…
3. All Andorran nationals fully enjoying their political rights are entitled to vote and to be eligible for election.
… (Art. 51) - Catalan1. Els consellers són elegits per sufragi universal, lliure, igual, directe i secret, per un termini de quatre anys. El mandat dels consellers acaba quatre anys després de la seva elecció o el dia de la dissolució del Consell General.
…
3. Són electors i elegibles tots els andorrans que estiguin en el ple ús dels seus drets polítics.
… (Art. 51)