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Legislature
- EnglishThe Federal National Council (FNC) consists of forty members. The seats of the FNC are distributed to the member Emirates as follows:
• Abu Dhabi - 8 seats
• Dubai - 8 seats
• Sharjah - 6 seats
• Ras AI Khaimah - 6 seats
• Ajman - 4 seats
• Umm AI Quwain - 4 seats
• Fujairah - 4 seats (Art. 68) - Arabicﻳﺸﻜﻞ اﻟﻤﺠﻠﺲ اﻟﻮﻃﻨﻲ اﻻﺗ ﺤﺎدﻱ ﻣن أربعين ﻋﻀﻮﺍ وﻳ ﻮزﻉ ﻋﺪﺩ ﻣﻘﺎﻋﺪ اﻟﻤﺠﻠﺲ ﻋﻠﻰ اﻻ ﻣﺎراﺕ اﻷﻋﻀﺎﺀ ﻛﻤﺎ ﻳﻠﻲ:
• أﺑﻮﻇﺒﻲ 8 ﻣﻘﺎﻋﺪ
• دﺑـﻲ 8 ﻣﻘﺎﻋﺪ
• اﻟﺸ ﺎرﻗﺔ 6 ﻣﻘﺎﻋﺪ
• رأﺱ اﻟﺨﻴﻤﺔ 6 ﻣﻘﺎﻋﺪ
• ﻋﺠﻤﺎﻥ 4 ﻣﻘﺎﻋﺪ
• أﻡ اﻟﻘﻴﻮﻳﻦ 4 ﻣﻘﺎﻋﺪ
• اﻟﻔﺠﻴﺮﺓ 4 ﻣﻘﺎﻋﺪ (المادّة 68)
Legislature
- English(1) The authority and power to make laws for the State is vested in Parliament consisting of the members of Parliament and the President, and is exercised through the enactment of Bills passed by Parliament and assented to by the President.
… (Sec. 46) - iTaukei(1) Na kaukauwa ni buli lawa ni Matanitu sa vakatikori e na Palimedi era lewena na lewenipalimedi kei na Peresitedi, vakadonui ena lawa vakaturi e pasitaki ena Palimedi ka tokona na Peresitedi.
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Legislature
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(3) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament may make provision -
(a) …
(v) for the extraction from the lists and declaration of names of the candidates who have been elected, and for such provision for extraction to take into account the proportion that women form of the electorate;
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(iii) for the minimum number or proportion of female candidates on a party’s list and in all party’s lists taken together;
(iv) for the minimum number or proportion of female candidates on a party’s lists for geographical constituencies taken individually or together;
(v) for the maximum percentage or the number of geographical constituencies a party can contest in which its lists contain no female candidate.
… (Art. 160)
Legislature
- English
(1) A Parliament is established for Tuvalu.
(2) Parliament is the representative, legislative and deliberative assembly of Tuvalu.
(3) Parliament shall exercise the functions of decision making and oversight and shall strive to do so through consensus and cooperation. (Sec. 83)
Legislature
- English1. The Assembly of the Republic shall be elected through direct, universal, equal and periodic suffrage and by secret and personal ballot.
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3. Candidates for election shall be political parties, either individually or in coalitions, and their respective lists may include citizens who are not party members. (Art. 169) - Portuguese1. A Assembleia da República é eleita por sufrágio universal, directo, igual, secreto, pessoal e periódico.
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3. Concorrem às eleições os partidos políticos, isoladamente ou em coligação de partidos, e as respectivas listas podem integrar cidadãos não filiados nos partidos. (Art. 169)
Legislature
- English1. The Parliament of Georgia is the supreme representative body of the country that exercises legislative power, defines the main directions of the country’s domestic and foreign policies, controls the activities of the Government within the scope established by the Constitution, and exercises other powers.
… (Art. 36) - Georgian1. საქართველოს პარლამენტი არის ქვეყნის უმაღლესი წარმომადგენლობითი ორგანო, რომელიც ახორციელებს საკანონმდებლო ხელისუფლებას, განსაზღვრავს ქვეყნის საშინაო და საგარეო პოლიტიკის ძირითად მიმართულებებს, კონსტიტუციით დადგენილ ფარგლებში კონტროლს უწევს მთავრობის საქმიანობას და ახორციელებს სხვა უფლებამოსილებებს.
… (მუხლი 36)
Legislature
- EnglishThe General Council consists of a minimum of twenty-eight and a maximum of forty-two General Councillors, half of whom shall be elected in an equal number by each of the seven Parishes and the other half elected on the basis of a national single constituency. (Art. 52)
- CatalanEl Consell General es compon d'un mínim de vint-i-vuit i d'un màxim de quaranta-dos consellers generals, la meitat dels quals s'elegeixen a raó d'un nombre igual per cadascuna de les set parròquies i l'altra meitat s'elegeix per circumscripció nacional. (Art. 52)
Legislature
- EnglishThe Chamber of Deputies will be composed of 300 deputies [feminine] and deputies [masculine] elected according to the principle of relative majority voting, within a system of uninomial electoral districts, as well as 200 deputies [feminine] and deputies [masculine] who will be elected according to the principle of proportional representation, within the System of Regional Lists [Sistema de Listas Regionales], voting in plurinomial circumscriptions. (Art. 52)
- SpanishLa Cámara de Diputados estará integrada por 300 diputadas y diputados electos según el principio de votación mayoritaria relativa, mediante el sistema de distritos electorales uninominales, así como por 200 diputadas y diputados que serán electos según el principio de representación proporcional, mediante el Sistema de Listas Regionales, votadas en circunscripciones plurinominales. (Art. 52)
Legislature
- English
The modalities of the election of the Deputies and those concerning the election or the designation of the members of the Council of the Nation, the conditions of eligibility, the regime of ineligibilities and of incompatibilities, and the regime of parliamentary indemnities are determined by an organic law. (Art. 123)
- Arabic
تحدّد كيفيّات انتخاب النّواب وكيفيّات انتخاب أعضاء مجلس الأمّة أو تعيينهم، وشروط قابليّتهم للانتخاب، ونظام عدم قابليّتهم للانتخاب، وحالات التّنافي، ونظام التعويضات البرلمانية، بموجب قانون عضويّ. (المادة 123)
- French
Les modalités d’élection des députés et celles relatives à l’élection ou à la désignation des membres du Conseil de la Nation, les conditions d’éligibilité, le régime des inéligibilités et des incompatibilités et le régime des indemnités parlementaires sont fixés par une loi organique. (Art. 123)
Legislature
- English
The representative assembly of the Republic of Senegal has [porte] the name of [the] National Assembly. It exercises the Legislative Power. It votes, alone, the laws, controls the action of the Government and evaluates the public policies.
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The Deputies are elected by universal direct suffrage.
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An organic law establishes the number of members of the National Assembly, their indemnities, the conditions of eligibility, [and] the regime of the ineligibilities and of the incompatibilities. (Art. 59) - French
L'Assembl~e representative de la Republique du Senegal porte le nom d'Assemblee nationale. Elle exerce le pouvoir legislatif. Elle vote, seule, la loi, contrdle l'action du Gouvernement et evalue les politiques publiques.
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Les députés sont élus au suffrage universel direct.
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Une loi organique fixe le nombre des membres de l’Assemblée nationale, leurs indemnités, les conditions d’éligibilité, le régime des inéligibilités et des incompatibilités. (Art. 59)