(5)
(a)
at the expiration of 5 years from the date of his appointment; or
(b)
when any circumstances arise that, if he were not a member of the
Commission, would cause him to be disqualified for appointment as such.
The provisions of section 92(2) to (5) shall apply to a member of the Electoral
Boundaries Commission or the Electoral Supervisory Commission as they apply to
a Commissioner within the meaning of section 92.
Amended by [Act No. 48 of 1991]; [Act No. 28 of 2003]
39.
Constituencies
(1)
There shall be 21 constituencies and accordingly (a)
the Island of Mauritius shall be divided into 20 constituencies;
(b)
Rodrigues shall form one constituency:
Provided that the Assembly may by resolution provide that any island forming part
of Mauritius that is not comprised in the Island of Mauritius or Rodrigues shall be
included in such one of the constituencies as the Electoral Boundaries Commission
may determine and with effect from the next dissolution of Parliament after the
passing of any such resolution, this section shall have effect accordingly.
(2)
The Electoral Boundaries Commission shall review the boundaries of the
constituencies at such times as will enable them to present a report to the
Assembly 10 years, as near as may be, after 12 August 1966 and, thereafter, 10
years after presentation of their last report:
Provided that the Commission may at any time carry out a review and present a
report if it considers it desirable to do so by reason of the holding of an official
census of the population of Mauritius and shall do so if a resolution is passed by the
Assembly in pursuance of subsection (1).
(3)
The report of the Electoral Boundaries Commission shall make recommendations
for any alterations to the boundaries of the constituencies as appear to the
Commission to be required so that the number of inhabitants of each constituency
is as nearly equal as is reasonably practicable to the population quota:
Provided that the number of inhabitants of a constituency may be greater or less
than the population quota in order to take account of means of communication,
geographical features, density of population and the boundaries of administrative
areas.
(4)
The Assembly may, by resolution, approve or reject the recommendations of the
Electoral Boundaries Commission but may not vary them; and, if so approved, the
recommendations shall have effect as from the next dissolution of Parliament.
(5)
In this section, “population quota" means the number obtained by dividing the
number of inhabitants of the Island of Mauritius (including any island in constituency