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Legislature
- EnglishThe House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. … (Art. I, Sec. 2)
Legislature
- English1. Any citizen of the Russian Federation not younger than 21 years of age, who has a right to participate in elections, permanently resides in the Russian Federation, does not have foreign citizenship, residence permit or another document certifying the right of the citizen of the Russian Federation to have residence in the territory of a foreign state may be elected deputy of the State Duma. The deputies of the State Duma in order established by the federal law shall be forbidden from opening and having bank accounts (deposits), keeping cash assets and valuables in foreign banks situated outside the territory of the Russian Federation.
... (Art. 97) - Russian1. Депутатом Государственной Думы может быть избран гражданин Российской Федерации, достигший 21 года и имеющий право участвовать в выборах, постоянно проживающий в Российской Федерации, не имеющий гражданства иностранного государства либо вида на жительство или иного документа, подтверждающего право на постоянное проживание гражданина Российской Федерации на территории иностранного государства. Депутатам Государственной Думы в порядке, установленном федеральным законом, запрещается открывать и иметь счета (вклады), хранить наличные денежные средства и ценности в иностранных банках, расположенных за пределами территории Российской Федерации.
… (Статья 97)
Legislature
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, every person who is registered as an elector of an electoral district, but no other person, is qualified to be a candidate and to be elected a member of Parliament, whether for that electoral district, any other electoral district or as a consequence of the inclusion of that person’s name in a party list submitted pursuant to section 127.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1), if a person is disqualified for registration as an elector, that person shall not be qualified to be a candidate or to be elected.
(3) Regardless of anything in subsection (1), a person is not qualified to be a candidate or to be elected unless he or she is a New Zealand citizen. (Electoral Act 1993, Sec. 47)
Legislature
- English
The members of the National Assembly are elected for five years by universal direct suffrage.
The regime of the ballots is determined by an organic law.
… (Art. 69) - French
Les membres de l’Assemblée Nationale sont élus pour cinq ans au suffrage universel direct.
Le régime des scrutins est déterminé par une loi organique.
… (Art. 69)
Legislature
- English(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Senate shall consist of thirteen members (in this Constitution referred to as “Senators”) who shall be appointed by the Governor-General in accordance with the provisions of this section.
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(4) Of the thirteen Senators-
(a) six shall be appointed by the Governor-General acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister;
(b) three shall be appointed by the Governor-General acting in accordance with the advice of the Leader of the Opposition;
(c) one shall be appointed by the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Belize Council of Churches and Evangelical Association of Churches;
(d) one shall be appointed by the Governor-General acting in accordance with the advice of the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Belize Business Bureau; and
(e) one shall be appointed by the Governor-General acting in accordance with the advice of the National Trade Union Congress and the Civil Society Steering Committee.
(f) one shall be appointed by the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the non-governmental organisations.
... (Sec. 61)
Legislature
- EnglishA person having the following qualifications has the right to stand for an election of Members of the House of Representatives:
1. being of Thai nationality by birth;
2. being not less than twenty-five years of age up to the date of the election;
3. being a member of any and only one political party for a consecutive period of not less than ninety days up to the date of the election; however, in the case where the general election is conducted due to the dissolution of the House of Representatives, the period of ninety days shall be reduced to thirty days;
4. a candidate in an election on a constituency basis shall also have any one of the following qualifications:
a. having his or her name appear in the household register in the Changwat where he or she stands for election for a consecutive period of not less than five years up to the date of applying for candidacy;
b. being born in the Changwat where he or she stands for election;
c. having studied in an educational institution situated in the Changwat where he or she stands for election for a consecutive period of not less than five academic years;
d. having served in the official service or performed duties in a State agency, or having had his or her name appear in the household register in the Changwat where he or she stands for election, as the case may be, for a consecutive period of not less than five years. (Sec. 97) - Thaiบุคคลผู้มีมีคุณสมบัติดังต่อไปนี้ เป็นผู้มีสิทธิสมัครรับเลือกตั้งเป็นสมาชิกสภาผู้แทนราษฎร
(๑) มีสัญชาติไทยโดยกำเนิด
(๒) มีอายุไม่ต่ำกว่ายี่สิบห้าปีนับถึงวันเลือกตั้ง
(๓) เป็นสมาชิกพรรคการเมืองใดพรรคการเมืองหนึ่งแต่เพียงพรรคการเมืองเดียวเป็นเวลาติดต่อกันไม่น้อยกว่าเก้าสิบวันนับถึงวันเลือกตั้ง เว้นแต่ในกรณีที่มีการเลือกตั้งทั่วไปเพราะเหตุยุบสภาระยะเวลาเก้าสิบวันดังกล่าวให้ลดลงเหลือสามสิบวัน
(๔) ผู้สมัครรับเลือกตั้งแบบแบ่งเขตเลือกตั้งจะต้องมีลักษณะอย่างใดอย่างหนึ่งดังต่อไปนี้ด้วย
(ก) มีชื่ออยู่ในทะเบียนบ้านในจังหวัดที่สมัครรับเลือกตั้งมาแล้วเป็นเวลาติดต่อกันไม่น้อยกว่าห้าปีนับถึงวันสมัครรับเลือกตั้ง
(ข) เป็นบุคคลซึ่งเกิดในจังหวัดที่สมัครรับเลือกตั้ง
(ค) เคยศึกษาในสถานศึกษาที่ตั้งอยู่ในจังหวัดที่สมัครรับเลือกตั้งเป็นเวลาติดต่อกันไม่น้อยกว่าห้าปีการศึกษา
(ง) เคยรับราชการหรือปฏิบัติหน้าที่ในหน่วยงานของรัฐ หรือเคยมีชื่ออยู่ในทะเบียนบ้านในจังหวัดที่สมัครรับเลือกตั้ง แล้วแต่กรณี เป็นเวลาติดต่อกันไม่น้อยกว่าห้าปี (มาตรา ๙๗)
Legislature
- EnglishMembers of the House of Elders shall be elected and appointed as follows:
1. From amongst each provincial council members, one individual shall be elected by the respective council for a four year term;
2. From amongst district councils of each province, one individual, elected by the respective councils, for a three year term;
3. The remaining one third of the members shall be appointed by the President, for a five year term, from amongst experts and experienced personalities, including two members from amongst the impaired and handicapped, as well as two from nomads.
The President shall appoint 50 percent of these individuals from amongst women. The individual selected as a member of the House of Elders shall lose membership to the related Council, and, another individual shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of the law. (Art. 84) - Dariاعضای مشرانو جرگه به ترتیب ذیل انتخاب و تعیین می شوند:
١- از جمله اعضای شورای هر ولایت، یك نفر به انتخاب شورای مربوط برای مدت چهار سال؛
٢- از جملۀ اعضای شورا های ولسوالی های هر ولایت، یك نفر به انتخاب شوراهای مربوط برای مدت سه سال؛
٣- یك ثلث باقی مانده از جملۀ شخصیت های خبیر و با تجربه به شمول دو نفر از نمایندگان معلولین و معیوبین و دو نفر نمایندگان كوچی ها به تعیین رئیس جمهور برای مدت پنج سال.
رئیس جمهور تعداد پنجاه فیصد از این اشخاص را از بین زنان تعیین می نماید. شخصی كه به حیث عضو مشرانو جرگه انتخاب می شود، عضویت خود را در شورای مربوطه از دست داده، به عوض او شخص دیگری مطابق به احكام قانون تعیین میگردد. (مادۀ ۸۴) - Pashtoد مشرانو جرگې غړي په لاندې ډول انتخاب او ټاكل كېږي:
١- د هرې ولايتي جرگې له غړيو څخه يو تن د مربوطې جرگې په انتخاب، د څلورو كلونو لپاره ؛
٢- د هر ولايت د ولسواليو د جرگو له غړيو څخه يو تن، د مربوطو جرگو په انتخاب، د دريو كلونو لپاره؛
٣- پاتې دريمه برخه غړي د معلولينو او معيوبينو د دوو تنو او كوچيانو د دوو تنو استازيو په گډون د هېواد له خبيرو او تجربه لرونكو كسانو څخه د پنځو كلونو لپاره د جمهور رئيس له خوا ټاكل كېږي.
جمهور رئيس له دې اشخاصو څخه په سلو كي پنځوس ښځې ټاكي. هغه شخص چې د مشرانو جرگې د غړي په توگه انتخابېږي په مربوطه جرگه كې خپل غړيتوب له لاسه وركوي او د ده پر ځاى د قانون له حكمونو سره سم بل شخص ټاكل كېږي. (۸۴ ماده)
Legislature
- EnglishAny person eligible to vote may be elected to the National Council, the Federal Council or the Federal Supreme Court. (Art. 143)
- FrenchTout citoyen ou citoyenne ayant le droit de vote est éligible au Conseil national, au Conseil fédéral et au Tribunal fédéral. (Art. 143)
- GermanIn den Nationalrat, in den Bundesrat und in das Bundesgericht sind alle Stimmberechtigten wählbar. (Art. 143)
- ItalianÈ eleggibile al Consiglio nazionale, al Consiglio federale e al Tribunale federale chiunque abbia diritto di voto. (Art. 143)
Legislature
- English
Subject to the provisions of the next following section, a person shall be qualified for election as a member of Parliament if, and shall not be so qualified unless -
(a) he is a citizen of Solomon Islands; and
(b) he has attained the age of twenty-one years; and
(c) he is registered as an elector, as prescribed by Parliament. (Sec. 48)
Legislature
- English1. Subject to this Constitution, Parliament may make laws for the peace, order and good government of Mauritius.
… (Sec. 45)