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(e)
if he or she is removed from office by a resolution of the Assembly
supported by the votes of not less than two-thirds of all the Members of the
Assembly; or
(f)
when the Assembly first sits after any dissolution of Parliament.
[Ch0000s61] 61. Qualifications for election to National Assembly
Subject to the provisions of section 62 of this Constitution, a person shall
be qualified to be elected as a Member of the National Assembly if, and shall not be
qualified to be so elected unless(a)
he or she is a citizen of Botswana;
16 of 1997, s. 5. (b)
he or she has attained the age of 18 years;
(c)
he or she is qualified for registration as a voter for the purposes
of the election of the Elected Members of the National Assembly and is so
registered; and
(d)
he or she is able to speak, and, unless incapacitated by blindness
or other physical cause, to read English well enough to take an active part in the
proceedings of the Assembly.
[Ch0000s62] 62. Disqualifications for membership of National Assembly
(1) No person shall be qualified to be elected as a Member of the National
Assembly who(a)
is, by virtue of his or her own act, under any acknowledgement of
allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power or state;
(b)
has been declared insolvent or adjudged or otherwise declared
bankrupt under any law for the time being in force in Botswana and has not been
discharged, or has made a composition with his or her creditors and has not paid his
or her debts in full;
(c)
is certified to be insane or otherwise adjudged or declared to be of
unsound mind under any law for the time being in force in Botswana;
(d)
is a Member of the Ntlo ya Dikgosi;
(e)
subject to such exceptions as may be prescribed by Parliament, holds
any public office, or is acting in any public office by virtue of a contract of
service expressed to continue for a period exceeding six months;
S.I. 119/1993. (f)
is under sentence of death imposed on him or her by
a court in any part of the Commonwealth, or is under a sentence of imprisonment (by
whatever name called) exceeding six months imposed on him or her by such a court or
substituted by competent authority for some other sentence imposed on him or her by
such a court;
(g)
holds, or is acting in, any office the functions of which involve
any responsibility for, or in connection with, the conduct of any elections to the
Assembly or the compilation or revision of any electoral register for the purposes
of such elections.
(2) Parliament may provide that a person shall not be qualified for election
to the National Assembly for such period (not exceeding five years) as may be
prescribed if he or she is convicted of any such offence connected with elections to
the Assembly as may be prescribed.
(3) For the purposes of this section two or more terms of imprisonment that
are required to be served consecutively shall be regarded as a single term of
imprisonment for the aggregate period of those terms, and no account shall be taken
of a sentence of imprisonment imposed as an alternative to or in default of the
payment of a fine.
[Ch0000s63] 63. Constituencies
Botswana shall be divided into as many constituencies as there are Elected
Members of the National Assembly and each of those constituencies shall return one
Member to the National Assembly.
[Ch0000s64] 64. Delimitation Commission
(1) The Judicial Service Commission shall, not later than 1st March, 1969,
and thereafter at intervals of not less than five nor more than 10 years, appoint a
Delimitation Commission consisting of a Chairman and not more than four other
members.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, at any
time when(a)
Parliament has made provision altering the number of seats of
Elected Members in the National Assembly; or
(b)
a comprehensive national population census is held in Botswana,
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