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CEYLON GOVT. GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY
MAY 17, 1946
with the provisions of this Order, and the Members, if any, appointed by the Governor under subsection (2) of this Section.
(2) Where after any general election it appears to the Governor that any important interest in the Island is not represented or is inadequately represented, he may appoint to the House of Representatives such number of Members, not exceeding six, as he may think fit.
(3) When the seat of a Member appointed under this Section falls vacant the Governor may appoint a person to fill the vacancy.
(4) In the exercise of his functions under this Section the Governor shall act in his discretion.
(5) Unless Parliament is sooner dissolved, every House of Representatives shall continue for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer, and the expiry of the said period of five years shall operate as a dissolution of Parliament.
12. Subject to the provisions of this Order, a person who is qualified to be an elector shall be qualified to be elected or appointed to either Chamber.
13.-(1) A Senator shall be disqualified for being elected or appointed or for sitting or voting as a Member of the House of Representatives.
(2) A person shall be disqualified for being elected or appointed as a Senator or for sitting or voting in the Senate if he has not attained the age of thirty-five years.
(3) A person shall be disqualified for being elected or appointed as a Senator or a Member of the House of Representatives or for sitting or voting in the Senate or in the House of Representatives- (a) if he is not a British subject or is by virtue of his own act, under any acknowledgment of allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign Power or State; or
(b) if he is a public officer or a judicial officer or the Auditor-
General; or
(c) if he, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any person on his behalf or for his use or benefit, holds, or enjoys any right or benefit under any contract made by or on behalf of the Crown in respect of the Government of the Island for the furnishing or providing of money to be remitted abroad or of goods or services to be used or employed in the service of the Crown in the Island;
(d) if he has received, or is a member of any incorporated or unincorporated body of less than twenty-five persons which has received, during the period of twelve months immediately preceding, from the public funds of the Island, any grant of such a nature that the award or amount thereof is within the discretion of the Crown or of a public officer; or
(e) if he is an undischarged bankrupt or insolvent, having been declared a bankrupt or insolvent under any law in force in any part of His Majesty's dominions or in any territory under His Majesty's protection or in any territory in which His Majesty has
time to time jurisdiction;
from
Qualification for Membership
of Senate or House of Representatives.
Disqualification
for
Membership of Senate or House of Represen- tatives.
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