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Legislature
Antigua and Barbuda
- English1. The Senate shall consist of seventeen persons who, being qualified for appointment as Senators in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution, have been so appointed in accordance with the provisions of this section and such temporary members (if any) as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of section 32 of this Constitution.
2. Ten Senators shall be appointed by the Governor-General acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister.
3. Four Senators shall be appointed by the Governor-General acting in accordance with the advice of the Leader of the Opposition.
4. Subject to subsection (7) of this section, one Senator shall be appointed by the Governor-General in his discretion from outstanding persons or persons representing such interests as the Governor-General considers ought to be represented in the Senate.
5. One Senator shall be appointed by the Governor-General acting in accordance with the advice of the Barbuda Council.
6. One Senator, being an inhabitant of Barbuda, shall be appointed by the Governor-General in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister.
7. Before appointing any person representing interests under subsection (4) of this section the Governor-General shall consult such persons as in his discretion he considers can speak for the interests concerned and ought to be consulted. (Sec. 28)
Legislature
Yemen
- English...
b. A candidate for the House of Representatives must meet the following conditions:
1. must be a Yemeni.
2. must be at least 25 years old.
3. must be able to read and write (literate).
4. must be of good character and conduct, fulfill his religious duties and have no court convictions against him for committing crimes that contradict the rules of honour and honesty, unless he was pardoned/reprieved. (Art. 64) - Arabic...
ب. يشترط في المرشح لعضوية مجلس النواب الشروط الآتية:-١. أن يكون يمنياً.٢
. أن لا يقل سنه عن خمسة وعشرين عاماً.
٣. أن يكون مجيداً للقراءة والكتابة.٤
. أن يكون مستقيم الخلق والسلوك مؤدياً للفرائض الدينية وأن لا يكون قد صدر ضده حكم قضائي بات في قضية مخلة بالشرف والأمانة ما لم يكن قد رد إليه اعتباره. (المادّة 64)
Legislature
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of section 26 of this Constitution, a person shall be qualified to be elected as a representative if, and shall not be so qualified unless, he-
a. is a Commonwealth citizen of the age of twenty-one years or upwards
b. has resided in Saint Vincent for a period of twelve months immediately before the date of his nominations for election or is domiciled and resident in Saint Vincent at that date: and
c. is able to speak and, unless incapacitated by blindness or the physical cause, to read the English language with a degree of proficiency sufficient to enable him to take an active part in the proceedings of the House.
(2) Subject to the provisions of section 26 of this Constitution, a person shall be qualified to be elected or appointed as a Senator if, and shall not be so qualified unless, he is a Commonwealth citizen of the age of twenty-one years or upwards. (Sec. 25)
Legislature
Ethiopia
- EnglishThere shall be two Federal Houses: The House of Peoples' Representatives and the House of the Federation. (Art. 53)
- Amharicየፌዴራሉ መንግሥት ሁለት ምክር ቤቶች ይኖሩታል፤ እነዚህም የሕዝብተወካዮች ምክር ቤት እና የፌዴሬሽን ምክር ቤት ናቸው፡፡ (አንቀጽ 53)
Legislature
Iran, Islamic Republic of
- EnglishThere are to be two hundred seventy members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly which, keeping in view the human, political, geographic and other similar factors, may increase by not more than twenty for each ten-year period from the date of the national referendum of the year 1368 of the solar Islamic calendar. The Zoroastrians and Jews will each elect one representative; Assyrian and Chaldean Christians will jointly elect one representative; and Armenian Christians in the north and those in the south of the country will each elect one representative.
The limits of the election constituencies and the number of representatives will be determined by law. (Art. 64) - Persianعده نمایندگان مجلس شورای اسلامی دویست و هفتاد نفر است و از تاریخ همهپرسی سال یک هزار و سیصد و شصت و هشت هجری شمسی پس از هر ده سال، با در نظر گرفتن عوامل انسانی، سیاسی، جغرافیایی و نظایر آنها حداکثر بیست نفر نماینده میتواند اضافه شود. زرتشتیان و کلیمیان هر کدام یک نماینده و مسیحیان آشوری و کلدانی مجموعا یک نماینده و مسیحیان ارمنی جنوب و شمال هر کدام یک نماینده انتخاب میکنند. محدوده حوزههای انتخابیه و تعداد نمایندگان را قانون معین میکند. (اصل 64)