Constitution St-Kitts-Nevis - ICRC

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1983 Saint Kitts and Nevis Constitution Page 24 of 106 of office. CHAPTER IV PARLIAMENT PART 1 Composition or Parliament Establishment. 25.- There shall be for Saint Christopher and Nevis a Parliament which shall consist of Her Majesty and a National Assembly. National Assembly. 26.- (1) The National Assembly shall consist ofa) such number of Representatives as corresponds with the number or constituencies for the time being established in accordance with section 50; and b) such number of Senators as is specified in subsection (2), who shall be appointed in accordance with section 30. (2) The number of Senators shall be three or such greater number (not exceeding two-thirds of the number of Representatives) as may be prescribed by Parliament: Provided that at any time when a person who is a Senator holds the office of Attorney-General the number of Senators shall be increased by one. (3) If a person who is not a member of the National Assembly is elected to be Speaker they shall be a member of the Assembly. (4) At any time when the office of Attorney-General is a public office the Attorney-General shall, by virtue of holding or acting in that office, be a member of the National Assembly. (5) Any person who sits or votes in the National Assembly knowing or having reasonable grounds for knowing that he is not entitled to do so shall be guilty of a criminal offence and liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or such other sum as may be prescribed by Parliament, for each day on which he so sits or votes in the Assembly. (6) Any prosecution for an offence under subsection (5) shall be instituted in the High Court and shall not be so instituted except by the Director of Public Prosecutions. Qualification for Representatives and Senators. 27.- Subject to section 28, a person shall be qualified to be elected or appointed as a member of the National Assembly if, and shall not be so qualified unless, he is a citizen of the age of twenty-one years or upwards and he or one of his parents was born in Saint Christopher and Nevis and he is domiciled there at the date of his nomination for election or his appointment, as the case may be. Disqualifications for Representatives and Senators. http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/Constitutions/Kitts/kitts83.html 27.09.2005
1983 Saint Kitts and Nevis Constitution Page 25 of 106 28.- (1) A person shall not be qualified to be elected or appointed as a member if hea) is, by virtue of his own act, under any acknowledgement of allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power or state; b) is a minister of religion; c) is an undischarged bankrupt, having been adjudged or otherwise declared bankrupt under any law; d) is a person certified to be insane or otherwise adjudge to be of unsound mind under any law; or e) is under sentence of death imposed on him by a court of law in any part of the Commonwealth or is serving a sentence of imprisonment (by whatever name called) exceeding twelve months imposed on him by such a court or substituted by competent authority for some other sentence imposed on him by such a court, or is under such a sentence of imprisonment the execution of which has been suspended. (2) If it is so provided by Parliament, a person shall not be qualified to be elected or appointed as a member if he holds or is acting in any office that is specified by Parliament and the functions of which involve responsibility for, or in connection with, the conduct of any election of Representatives or members of the Nevis Island Assembly or the compilation of any register of voters for the purpose of electing Representatives or members of that Assembly. (3) If it is so provided by Parliament, a person who is convicted by any court of law of any criminal offence that is prescribed by Parliament and that is connected with the election of Representatives or members of the Nevis Island Assembly or is reported guilty of such an offence by the court trying an election petition shall not be qualified, for such a period (not exceeding five years) following his conviction or, as the case may be, following the report of the court as may be so prescribed, to be elected or appointed as a member. (4) A person shall not be qualified to be elected as a Representative who is a Senator; and a person shall not be qualified to be appointed as a Senator who is, or is nominated for election as, a Representative or who has at any time since Parliament was last dissolved stood as a candidate for election as a Representative without being so elected. (5) If it is so provided by Parliament, and subject to such exceptions and limitations (if any) as Parliament may prescribe, a person shall not be qualified to be elected or appointed as a member ifa) he holds or is acting in any office or appointment (whether specified individually or by reference to a class of office or appointment) other than the office of elected member of nominated member of the Nevis Island Assembly or member of the Nevis Island Administration; b) he belongs to any defence force or to any class of person that is comprised in any such force; c) he belongs to any police force or to any class of person that is comprised in any such force; or d) subject to any exception or limitations prescribed by Parliament, he has any such interest in any such government contract as may be so prescribed. (6) In this section- "government contract" means any contract made with the Government or with a department of the Government or with an officer of the Government contracting as such; http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/Constitutions/Kitts/kitts83.html 27.09.2005
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