(c)
the Speaker of the National Assembly.
(2) Subject to the other provisions of this Constitution, the election of
members of the National Assembly shall be direct, by universal adult
suffrage and by secret ballot and shall be conducted in accordance with
the provisions of this Constitution and as may be prescribed by or under
an Act of Parliament.
64. Subject to Article 65, a person shall be qualified to be elected as a Qualifications for
election to
member of the National Assembly if-
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(a)
he is a citizen of Zambia;
(b)
he has attained the age of twenty-one years; and
(c)
he is literate and conversant with the official language of
Zambia.
65. (1) A person shall not be qualified to be elected as a member of the Disqualifications
for election to
National Assembly if-
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(a)
that person is under a declaration of allegiance to some country
other than Zambia;
(b)
that person is under any law in force in Zambia, adjudged or
otherwise declared to be of unsound mind;
(c)
that person is under a sentence of death imposed on him by a
court in Zambia or a sentence of imprisonment, by whatever
name called, imposed on him by such a court or substituted by a
competent authority for some other sentence imposed on him by
such a court;
(d)
that person is an undischarged bankrupt, having been adjudged
or otherwise declared bankrupt under any law in force in
Zambia;
(e)
that person's freedom of movement is restricted, or that person is
detained under the authority of the law; or
(f)
that person, within a period of five years before his nomination