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Legislature
- English
The organization and the functioning of the National People’s Assembly and of the Council of the Nation, as well as the functional relations between the Chambers of the Parliament and the Government, are established by an organic law
… (Art. 135) - Arabic
يـحدّد قانون عضويّ تنظيم المجلس الشّعبيّ الوطنيّ ومجلس الأمّة، وعملهما، وكذا العلاقات الوظيفيّة بينهما وبين الحكومة. يحدّد القانون ميزانيّة الغرفتين.
… (المادة 135) - French
L’organisation et le fonctionnement de l’Assemblée Populaire Nationale et du Conseil de la Nation, ainsi que les relations fonctionnelles entre les chambres du Parlement et le Gouvernement, sont fixés par une loi organique.
… (Art. 135)
Legislature
- EnglishThere shall be a National Assembly of Seychelles. (Art. 77)
Legislature
- EnglishEvery person who is qualified to be an elector shall be qualified to be elected as a Member of Parliament unless he is disqualified under the provisions of Article 91. (Art. 90)
- Sinhala91 වැනි ව්යවස්ථාවේ විධිවිධාන යටතේ නුසුදුස්සකු වුවහොත් මිස ඡන්ද බලය හිමි සෑම තැනැත්තෙක් ම පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරයකු වශයෙන් තෝරා පත්කර ගනු ලැබීමට සුදුස්සෙක් වන්නේ ය. (90 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Legislature
- EnglishThe National Assembly shall be the supreme representative body and holder of constitutional and legislative power in the Republic of Serbia. (Art. 98)
- Serbian CyrillicНародна скупштина је највише представничко тело и носилац уставотворне и законодавне власти у Републици Србији. (Члан 98)
Legislature
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of section 32 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 citizen of Dominica of the age of twenty-one years or upwards;
(b) has resided in Dominica for a period of twelve months immediately before the date of his nomination for election or is domiciled and resident in Dominica at that date; and
(c) is able to speak and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other 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 32 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—
(a) is a Commonwealth citizen of the age of twenty-one years or upwards;
(b) is domiciled and resident in Dominica at the date of his appointment or nomination for election; and
(c) is able to speak and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other 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. (Sec. 31)