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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
- English
(1) Pursuant to the following provisions, the Laender are represented in the Federal Council in proportion to the number of nationals in each Land.
… (Art. 34) - German
(1) Im Bundesrat sind die Länder im Verhältnis zur Bürgerzahl im Land gemäß den folgenden Bestimmungen vertreten.
… (Art. 34)
Legislature
- English
The National Council of Regions and Districts is constituted of deputies elected of the regions and of the districts.
The members of each regional council elect from among themselves three members to represent their regions within the National Council of Regions and Districts.
... (Art. 81) - Arabic
يتكوّن المجلس الوطنيّ للجهات والأقاليم من نوّاب منتخبين عن الجهات والأقاليم.
ينتخب أعضاء كلّ مجلس جهويّ ثلاثة أعضاء من بينهم لتمثيل جهاتهم بالمجلس الوطنيّ للجهات والأقاليم.
... (الفصل 81) - French
Le Conseil national des régions et des districts est constitué de députés élus des régions et des districts.
Les membres de chaque conseil régional élisent parmi eux trois membres pour représenter leurs régions au sein du Conseil national des régions et des districts.
... (Art. 81)
Legislature
- English
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The State works towards consecrating parity between women and men in the elected assemblies.
… (Art. 51) - Arabic
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تسعى الدّولة إلى تحقيق التّناصف بين المرأة والرّجل في المجالس المنتخبة.
... (الفصل 51) - French
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L’État s’emploie à consacrer la parité entre la femme et l’homme dans les assemblées élues.
… (Art. 51)
Legislature
- English
The Deputies of the National Assembly are elected by universal direct suffrage for five years. (Art. 86)
- French
Les députés à l'Assemblée nationale sont élus au suffrage universel direct pour cinq ans. (Art. 86)
Legislature
- EnglishSubject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament may make laws for the peace, order and good government of Grenada. (Sec. 38)
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
- English(1) The Senate consists of—
(a) forty-seven members each elected by the registered voters of the counties, each county constituting a single member constituency;
(b) sixteen women members who shall be nominated by political parties according to their proportion of members of the Senate elected under clause (a) in accordance with Article 90;
(c) two members, being one man and one woman, representing the youth;
(d) two members, being one man and one woman, representing persons with disabilities; and
(e) the Speaker, who shall be an ex officio member.
(2) The members referred to in clause (1) (c) and (d) shall be elected in accordance with Article 90.
(3) Nothing in this Article shall be construed as excluding any person from contesting an election under clause (1) (a). (Art. 98) - Swahili(1) Bunge la Seneti linaundwa na -
(a) wajumbe arobaini na saba kila mmoja aliyechaguliwa na wapiga kura waliosajiliwa wa kaunti husika, kila kaunti inaunda eneo bunge moja;
(b) wajumbe wanawake kumi na sita ambao watachaguliwa na vyama vya siasa kulingana na idadi yao ya wajumbe wa Seneti waliochaguliwa chini ya ibara ya (a) kwa mujibu wa Kifungu cha 90;
(c) wajumbe wawili, mmoja akiwa mwanaume na mwingine mwanamke wakiwakilisha vijana;
(d) wajumbe wawili, mmoja akiwa mwanaume na mwingine mwanamke wakiwakilisha watu wenye ulemavu; na
(e) Spika, ambaye atakuwa mjumbe kwa nafasi yake.
(2) Wajumbe waliotajwa katika ibara ya (1) (c) na (d) watachaguliwa kwa mujibu wa Kifungu cha 90.
(3) Hakuna chochote katika Kifungu hiki kitachukuliwa kama kumwondoa mtu yeyote kugombea kwenye uchaguzi chini ya ibara ya (1) (a). (Kifungu cha 98)
Legislature
- EnglishThe Senate of the Republic will be made up of one hundred members elected in one national circumscription.
… (Art. 171) - SpanishEl Senado de la República estará integrado por cien miembros elegidos en circunscripción nacional.
… (Art. 171)
Legislature
- English1. The National Assembly represents the people of the Republic of Suriname and expresses the sovereign will of the nation.
2. The National Assembly is the highest organ of the State. (Art. 55) - DutchDe Nationale Assemblée vertegenwoordigt het volk van de Republiek Suriname en brengt de souvereine wil van de natie tot uitdrukking.
De Nationale Assemblée is het hoogste orgaan van de Staat. (Art. 55)