the Constitution and the Law, fully uphold the interests of the People, and to safeguard the
independence of the nation and the integrity and safety of .”
Article (105)
A House of Representatives member shall receive a remuneration determined by Law. In case
the remuneration is changed, such change will only come into force at the commencement of the
legislative term following the one during which the change was adopted.
Article (106)
The term of membership in the House of Representatives is five calendar years, commencing
from the date of its first session.
Elections for a new House of Representatives shall be held during the sixty days preceding the
end of the term of previous House.
Article (107)
The Court of Cassation shall have jurisdiction over the validity of membership in the House of
Representatives. Appeals shall be submitted to the Court of Cassation within a period not
exceeding thirty days from date on which the final election results are announced. Appeals shall
be adjudicated within sixty days from the date of the receipt thereof.
In the event that a judgment declares a membership invalid, the invalidity of the membership
shall be effective as of the date on which the court judgment is notified to the House.
Article (108)
In case a seat of a House of Representatives becomes vacant at least six months prior to the
expiry of his tenure, the vacant position must be filled in accordance with Law within sixty days
from the date on which the House reports the vacancy.
Article (109)
Throughout its membership tenure, no House of Representatives member may, whether in person
or by proxy, buy, rent or lease any asset owned by the State or a public-law legal persons or a
public sector company or a public enterprise sector company; sell to or barter with the state any
part of its own property or conclude a contract with the State as a vendor, supplier, contractor or
otherwise as set out by Law. Any of such acts shall be void.
A member must submit a financial estate disclosure upon taking membership and at the end of
membership and at the end of each year of membership.
In case a House of Representatives member receives cash or in-kind gift because of or in
connection with his/her membership, title thereto shall devolve to the State public treasury.
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