Constitution St-Kitts-Nevis - ICRC
Constitution St-Kitts-Nevis - ICRC
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1983 Saint <strong>Kitts</strong> and <strong>Nevis</strong> <strong>Constitution</strong><br />
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to fill the vacancy within ninety days of the occurrence of the vacancy unless Parliament is sooner<br />
dissolved.<br />
PART 4<br />
Delimitation of constituencies<br />
Constituency Boundaries Commission.<br />
49.- (1) There shall be for Saint Christopher and <strong>Nevis</strong> a Constituency Boundaries Commission<br />
(hereinafter in this section referred to as the Commission) which shall consist ofa)<br />
a chairman appointed by the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime<br />
Minister given after the Governor-General has consulted the Leader of the Opposition and such other<br />
persons as the Governor-General, acting in his own deliberate judgment, has seen fit to consul;<br />
b) two members of the National Assembly appointed by the Governor-General, acting in accordance<br />
with the advice of the Prime Minister; and<br />
c) two members of the Assembly appointed by the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the<br />
advice of the Leader of the Opposition:<br />
provided that the chairman shall not be a member of the Assembly or of the <strong>Nevis</strong> Island Assembly.<br />
(2) A member of the Commission shall vacate his officea)<br />
at the next dissolution of Parliament after his appointment,<br />
b) in the case of the chairman, if any circumstances arise that, if he were not a member of the<br />
Commission, would cause him to be disqualified for appointment as such;<br />
c) in the case of a member other than the chairman, if he cease to be a member of the National<br />
Assembly otherwise than by reason of the dissolution of Parliament; or<br />
d) if the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister given after<br />
the Governor-General has consulted the Leader of the Opposition in the case of the chairman, in<br />
accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister in the case of a member appointed under<br />
subsection (1)(b) or in accordance with the advice of the Leader of the Opposition in the case of a<br />
member appointed under subsection (1)(c), directs.<br />
(3) The Commission may regulate its own procedure and, with the consent of the Prime Minister,<br />
may confer powers and impose duties on any public officer or on any authority of the Government<br />
for the purpose of the discharge of its functions.<br />
(4) The Commission may, subject to its rules of procedure, act notwithstanding any vacancy in its<br />
membership and its proceedings shall not be invalidated by the presence or participation of any<br />
person not entitled to be present at or to participate in those proceedings:<br />
Provided that any decision of the Commission shall require the concurrence of a majority of all its<br />
members.<br />
Review of constituency boundaries.<br />
http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/<strong>Constitution</strong>s/<strong>Kitts</strong>/kitts83.html<br />
27.09.2005