(ii)
(h)
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any responsibility for the compilation or revision of any electoral
register; or
is disqualified for membership of the Assembly by any law in force in
Mauritius relating to offences connected with elections.
(2)
Where it is prescribed by Parliament that any office in the public service or the
service of a local authority is not to be regarded as such an office for the purposes
of this section, a person shall not be regarded for the purposes of this section as a
public officer or a local government officer, as the case may be, by reason only that
he holds, or is acting in, that office.
(3)
For the purpose of this section (a)
2 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
(b)
imprisonment in default of payment of a fine shall be disregarded.
Tenure of office of members
(1)
The seat in the Assembly of a member shall be come vacant(a)
upon a dissolution of Parliament;
(b)
where he ceases to be a Commonwealth citizen;
(c)
where he becomes a party to any contract with the Government for or on
account of the public service, or where any firm in which he is a partner or
any company of which he is a director or manager becomes a party to any
such contract, or where, he becomes a partner in a firm or a director or
manager of a company which is a party to any such contract:
Provided that, where in the circumstances it appears to him to be just to do
so, the Speaker (or, where the office of Speaker is vacant or he is for any
reason unable to perform the functions of his office, the Deputy Speaker)
may exempt any member from vacating his seat under this paragraph where
such member, before becoming a party to such contract, or before or as
soon as practicable after becoming otherwise interested in such contract
(whether as a partner in a firm or as a director or manager of a company),
discloses to the Speaker or, as the case may be, the Deputy Speaker the
nature of such contract and his interest or the interest of any such firm or
company therein;
(d)
where he ceases to be resident in Mauritius;
(e)
where, without leave of the Speaker (or, where the office of Speaker is
vacant or he is for any reason unable to perform the functions of his office,
the Deputy Speaker) previously obtained, he is absent from the sittings of