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Legislature
Kuwait
- EnglishA member of the National Assembly must:
a. be originally of Kuwaiti nationality in accordance with the Law;
b. fulfill the voter's qualifications in accordance with the Electoral Law;
c. have attained at least the age of thirty Gregorian calendar years on election day; and
d. have a sound reading and writing knowledge of Arabic. (Art. 82) - Arabicيشترط في عضو مجلس الأمة:
أ.أن يكون كويتي الجنسية بصفة أصلية وفقا للقانون
ب.أن تتوافر فيه شروط الناخب وفقا لقانون الانتخاب
ج.ألا يقل سنه يوم الانتخاب عن ثلاثين سنة ميلادية
د.أن يجيد قراءة اللغة العربية وكتابته (المادّة 82)
Legislature
Liberia
- EnglishThe legislative power of the Republic shall be vested in the Legislature of Liberia which shall consist of two separate houses: A Senate and a House of Representatives, both of which must pass on all legislation. … (Art. 29)
Legislature
Belize
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the House of Representatives shall consist of thirty-one members who shall be elected in the manner provided by law.
… (Sec. 56)
Legislature
Hungary
- English(1) Every adult Hungarian citizen shall have the right to vote and to be voted for in elections of Members of the National Assembly, of local government representatives and mayors and of Members of the European Parliament.
… (Freedom and Responsibility, Art. XXIII) - Hungarian(1) Minden nagykorú magyar állampolgárnak joga van ahhoz, hogy az országgyűlési képviselők, a helyi önkormányzati képviselők és polgármesterek, valamint az európai parlamenti képviselők választásán választó és választható legyen.
… (Szabadság és Felelősség, XXIII. cikk)
Legislature
Afghanistan
- EnglishThe National Assembly consists of two houses: House of People and House of Elders.
… (Art. 82) - Dariشورای ملی متشكل از دو مجلس: ولسی جرگه و مشرانو جرگه می باشد.
... (مادۀ ۸۲) - Pashtoملي شورى له دوو مجلسونو: ولسي جرگې او مشرانو جرگې څخه جوړه ده.
...(۸۲ ماده)
Legislature
Samoa
- EnglishThere shall be a Parliament of Samoa, which shall consist of the Head of State and the Legislative Assembly. (Art. 42)
- SamoanO le a i ai se Palemene o Samoa, lea o le a aofia ai le Ao o le Malo ma le Fono Aoao Faitulafono. (Mataupu 42)
Legislature
Myanmar
- English(a) The legislative power of the Union is shared among the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Region Hluttaws and State Hluttaws. Legislative power stipulated by this Constitution shall be shared to the Self-Administered Areas.
(b) The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw consisting of two Hluttaws, one Hluttaw elected on the basis of township as well as population, and the other on an equal number of representatives elected from Regions and States. (Sec. 12) - Burmese(က) နိုင်ငံတော်၏ ဥပဒေပြုရေးအာဏာကို ပြည်ထောင်စုလွှတ်တော်၊ တိုင်းဒေသ ကြီးလွှတ်တော် နှင့် ပြည်နယ်လွှတ်တော်များအား ခွဲဝေအပ်နှင်းသည်။ ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ စီရင် စုများအား ဤဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေက သတ်မှတ်သော ဥပဒေပြုရေးအာဏာကို ခွဲဝေအပ်နှင်းသည်၊
(ခ) ပြည်ထောင်စုလွှတ်တော်တွင် မြို့နယ်ကိုအခြေခံ၍လည်းကောင်း၊ လူဦးရေကို အခြေခံ၍လည်းကောင်း၊ ရွေးကောက်တင်မြှောက်သည့် လွှတ်တော်တစ်ရပ်၊ တိုင်းဒေသကြီးများ နှင့် ပြည်နယ်များမှ ကိုယ်စားလှယ်ဦးရေတူညီစွာ ရွေးကောက်တင် မြှောက်သည့် လွှတ်တော်တစ်ရပ်ဟူ၍ လွှတ်တော်နှစ်ရပ် ပါရှိသည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၁၂)
Legislature
Mauritania
- EnglishThe legislative power belongs to the Parliament. (Art. 45)
- Arabicيمارس البرلمان السلطة التشريعية. (المادّة 45)
- FrenchLe pouvoir législatif appartient au Parlement. (Art. 45)
Legislature
Canada
- EnglishThe Qualifications of a Senator shall be as follows:
(1) He shall be of the full age of Thirty Years;
(2) He shall be either a natural-born Subject of the Queen, or a Subject of the Queen naturalized by an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of the Legislature of One of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Canada, Nova Scotia, or New Brunswick, before the Union, or of the Parliament of Canada after the Union;
(3) He shall be legally or equitably seised as of Freehold for his own Use and Benefit of Lands or Tenements held in Free and Common Socage, or seised or possessed for his own Use and Benefit of Lands or Tenements held in Franc-alleu or in Roture, within the Province for which he is appointed, of the Value of Four thousand Dollars, over and above all Rents, Dues, Debts, Charges, Mortgages, and Incumbrances due or payable out of or charged on or affecting the same;
(4) His Real and Personal Property shall be together worth Four thousand Dollars over and above his Debts and Liabilities;
(5) He shall be resident in the Province for which he is appointed;
(6) In the Case of Quebec he shall have his Real Property Qualification in the Electoral Division for which he is appointed, or shall be resident in that Division. (Constitution Act 1867, Sec. 23) - FrenchLes qualifications d’un sénateur seront comme suit:
1. Il devra être âgé de trente ans révolus;
2. Il devra être sujet-né de la Reine, ou sujet de la Reine naturalisé par loi du parlement de la Grande-Bretagne, ou du parlement du Royaume-Uni de la Grande-Bretagne et d’Irlande, ou de la législature de l’une des provinces du Haut-Canada, du Bas-Canada, du Canada, de la Nouvelle-Écosse, ou du Nouveau-Brunswick, avant l’union, ou du parlement du Canada, après l’union;
3. Il devra posséder, pour son propre usage et bénéfice, comme propriétaire en droit ou en équité, des terres ou tenements tenus en franc et commun socage,— ou être en bonne saisine ou possession, pour son propre usage et bénéfice, de terres ou tenements tenus en franc-alleu ou en roture dans la province pour laquelle il est nommé, de la valeur de quatre mille piastres en sus de toutes rentes, dettes, charges, hypothèques et redevances qui peuvent être attachées, dues et payables sur ces immeubles ou auxquelles ils peuvent être affectés;
4. Ses propriétés mobilières et immobilières devront valoir, somme toute, quatre mille piastres, en sus de toutes ses dettes et obligations;
5. Il devra être domicilié dans la province pour laquelle il est nommé;
6. En ce qui concerne la province de Québec, il devra être domicilié ou posséder sa qualification foncière dans le collège électoral dont la representation lui est assignée. (Loi constitutionnelle de 1867, Sec. 23)
Legislature
Liechtenstein
- English1) Parliament shall be the legal organ representing all Liechtenstein citizens and as such shall be called upon to represent and assert the rights and interests of the People in relation to the Government in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and to promote to the extent possible the welfare of the Princely House and of the country while faithfully adhering to the principles laid down in this Constitution.
… (Art. 45) - German1) Der Landtag ist das gesetzmässige Organ der Gesamtheit der Landesangehörigen und als solches berufen, nach den Bestimmungen dieser Verfassung die Rechte und Interessen des Volkes im Verhältnis zur Regierung wahrzunehmen und geltend zu machen und das Wohl des Fürstlichen Hauses und des Landes mit treuer Anhänglichkeit an die in dieser Verfassung niedergelegten Grundsätze möglichst zu fördern.
… (Art. 45)