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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
- English
1. The members of the Upper House shall be chosen by the members of the provincial councils and the members of the electoral colleges as referred to in paragraph 2 and in Article 132a, paragraph 3.
… (Art. 55) - Dutch
1. De leden van de Eerste Kamer worden gekozen door de leden van provinciale staten en de leden van de kiescolleges, bedoeld in het tweede lid en artikel 132a, derde lid.
… (Art. 55)
Legislature
- EnglishThere shall be a Parliament of Saint Vincent which shall consist of Her Majesty and a House of Assembly. (Sec. 23)
Legislature
- EnglishThe National Assembly shall comprise —
(a) fifty-three members elected from the constitutions demarcated by the Boundaries Commission; and
(b) five members nominated by the president.
… (Sec. 88)
Legislature
- English(1) Parliament shall consist of —
(a) such number of elected Members as is required to be returned at a general election by the constituencies prescribed by or under any law made by the Legislature;
(b) such other Members, not exceeding 12 in number, who shall be known as non-constituency Members, as the Legislature may provide in any law relating to Parliamentary elections to ensure the representation in Parliament of a minimum number of Members from a political party or parties not forming the Government; and
(c) such other Members not exceeding 9 in number, who shall be known as nominated Members, as may be appointed by the President in accordance with the provisions of the Fourth Schedule.
... (Art. 39)
Legislature
- English(1) The Chamber of Deputies and the Senate shall be elected by universal, equal, direct, secret and free suffrage, in accordance with the electoral law.
… (Art. 62) - Romanian(1) Camera Deputaţilor şi Senatul sunt alese prin vot universal, egal, direct, secret şi liber exprimat, potrivit legii electorale.
… (Art. 62)
Legislature
- English
Parliament shall have power to make laws, including laws having retrospective effect and repealing or amending any provision of the Constitution, or adding any provision to the Constitution :
… (Art. 75) - Sinhala
අතීතයට ද බලපාන්නා වූ නීති සහ ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යාවස්ථාවේ කවර හෝ විධිවිධානයක් පරිච්ඡින්න කරන්නා වූ හෝ සංශෝධනය කරන්නා වූ හෝ ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවට යම් විධිවිධානයක් එකතු කරන්නා වූ හෝ නීති ඇතුළුව නීති පැනවීමේ බලය පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඇත්තේ ය:
… (75 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Legislature
- English
1. To elect the Great and General Council the electorate constitutes a single constituency.
2. The elections are held in poll list with proportional representation. (Electoral Law 1996, Art. 10)4 - Italian
1. Per l'elezione del Consiglio Grande e Generale il corpo elettorale costituisce un collegio unico.
2. L'elezione si svolge a scrutinio di lista con rappresentanza proporzionale. (Legge Elettorale 1996, Art. 10)
Legislature
- EnglishSubject to the provisions of Article 42 of this Constitution, a person shall be qualified to be appointed as a Senator if, and shall not be qualified to be so appointed unless, he is a citizen of The Bahamas, of the age of thirty years or upwards and has ordinarily resided in The Bahamas for a period of nor less than one year immediately before the date of his appointment. (Art. 41)
Legislature
- EnglishThe Legislative Power shall be exercised by the General Assembly. (Art. 83)
- SpanishEl Poder Legislativo será ejercido por la Asamblea General. (Art. 83)