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Legislature
- EnglishThe people exercise the legislative power through the Storting. The Members of the Storting are elected through free and secret elections.
… (Art. 49) - NorwegianFolket utøver den lovgivende makt ved Stortinget. Stortingets representanter velges gjennom frie og hemmelige valg.
… (§ 49)
Legislature
- English1. Subject to the provisions of this section, the House shall consist of a number of elected members equal to the number of constituencies from time to time established by Order under Part 4 of this Chapter6, who shall be elected in such a manner as may, subject to the provisions of this Constitution, be prescribed by or under any Act of Parliament.
... (Sec. 36)
Legislature
- EnglishThe Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; … (Amendment XVII)
Legislature
- EnglishParliament 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)
- Sinhalaඅතීතයට 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
- English1. The House of the Federation is composed of representatives of Nations, Nationalities and Peoples.
2. Each Nation, Nationality and People shall be represented in the House of the Federation by at least one member. Each Nation or Nationality shall be represented by one additional representative for each one million of its population.
3. Members of the House of the Federation shall be elected by the State Councils. The State Councils may themselves elect representatives to the House of the Federation, or they may hold elections to have the representatives elected by the people directly. (Art. 61) - Amharic1. የፌዴሬሽን ምክር ቤት በፌዴራሉ መንግሥት አባል ክልሎች የሚገኙ ብሔሮች፣ብሔረሰቦች፣ ሕዝቦች የሚልኩዋቸው አባላት የሚወከሉበት ምክር ቤት ነው፡፡
2. እያንዳንዱ ብሔር፣ ብሔረሰብ፣ ሕዝብ ቢያንስ አንድ ተወካይ ይኖረዋል፤በተጨማሪም የብሔር ወይም ብሔረሰቡ አንድ ሚሊዮን ሕዝብ አንድ ተጨማሪ ወኪል ይኖረዋል፡፡
3. የፌዴሬሽን ምክር ቤት አባላት በክልል ምክር ቤቶች ይመረጣሉ፤ የክልል ምክር ቤቶች በራሳቸው ወይም በቀጥታ በሕዝብ እንዲመረጡ በማድረግ የፌዴሬሽን ምክር ቤት አባል እንዲወከሉ ያደርጋሉ፡፡ (አንቀጽ 61)
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 this Constitution, the National Assembly may make laws for the peace, order and good government of Belize. (Sec. 68)
Legislature
- EnglishElections of the National Assembly and community councils, as well as referenda shall be carried out on the basis of universal, equal, free, and direct suffrage, by secret vote. (Art. 7)
- ArmenianԱզգային ժողովի և համայնքների ավագանիների ընտրությունները, ինչպես նաև հանրաքվեներն անցկացվում են ընդհանուր, հավասար, ազատ և ուղղակի ընտրական իրավունքի հիման վրա՝ գաղտնի քվեարկությամբ: (Հոդված 7)
Legislature
- English
1. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Maneaba ni Maungatabu shall have power to make laws for the peace, order and good government of Kiribati.
… (Sec. 66)
Legislature
- EnglishA Senator shall have the qualifications and not be under any of the prohibitions as follows:
a. qualifications:
1. being of Thai nationality by birth;
2. being not less than forty years of age on the date of application for selection;
3. having knowledge, expertise and experience, or having worked for not less than ten years in the field for which he or she applies, or having the qualifications under the rules and conditions prescribed in the Organic Act on Installation of Senators;
4. being born, having his or her name listed in the household register, having worked or having a connection to the area in which he or she applies for selection in accordance with the rules and conditions prescribed in the Organic Act on Installation of Senators;
... (Sec. 108) - Thaiสมาชิกวุฒิสภาต้องมีคุณสมบัติและไม่มีลักษณะต้องห้ามดังต่อไปนี้
ก. คุณสมบัติ
(๑) มีสัญชาติไทยโดยกำเนิด
(๒) มีอายุไม่ต่ำกว่าสี่สิบปีในวันสมัครรับเลือก
(๓) มีความรู้ ความเชี่ยวชาญ และประสบการณ์ หรือทํางานในด้านที่สมัครไม่น้อยกว่าสิบปี หรือเป็นผู้มีลักษณะตามหลักเกณฑ์และเงื่อนไขที่บัญญัติไว้ในพระราชบัญญัติประกอบรัฐธรรมนูญว่าด้วยการได้มาซึ่งสมาชิกวุฒิสภา
(๔) เกิด มีชื่ออยู่ในทะเบียนบ้าน ทํางาน หรือมีความเกี่ยวพันกับพื้นที่ที่สมัครตามหลักเกณฑ์และเงื่อนไขที่บัญญัติไว้ในพระราชบัญญัติประกอบรัฐธรรมนูญว่าด้วยการได้มาซึ่งสมาชิกวุฒิสภา
... (มาตรา ๑๐๘)