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CHAPTER 10

THE LEGISLATURE
Part I Composition of Parliament
93 THE PARLIAMENT OF GHANA
(1)
There shall be a Parliament of Ghana which shall consist of not less than one hundred and forty
elected members.
(2)
Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the legislative power of Ghana shall be vested in
Parliament and shall be exercised in accordance with this Constitution.
94 QUALIFICATIONS AND ELIGIBILITY
(1)
Subject to the provisions of this article, a person shall not be qualified to be a member of Parliament
unless—
(a) he is a citizen of Ghana, has attained the age of twenty-one years and is a registered voter,
(b) he is resident in the constituency for which he stands as a candidate for election to Parliament or
has resided there for a total period of not less than five years out of the ten years immediately
preceding the election for which he stands, or he hails from that constituency; and
(c) he has paid all his taxes or made arrangements satisfactory to the appropriate authority for the
payment of his taxes.
(2)
A person shall not be qualified to be a member of Parliament if he—
(a) owes allegiance to a country other than Ghana; or
(b) has been adjudged or otherwise declared
(i) bankrupt under any law in force in Ghana and has not been discharged; or
(ii) to be of unsound mind or is detained as a criminal lunatic under any law in force in Ghana; or
(c) has been convicted—
(i) for high crime under this Constitution or high treason or treason or for an offence involving the
security of the State, fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude; or
(ii) for any other offence punishable by death or by a sentence of not less than ten years; or
(iii) for an offence relating to, or connected with election under a law in force in Ghana at any time;
or
(d) has been found by the report of a commission or a committee of inquiry to be incompetent to
hold public office or is a person in respect of whom a commission or committee of inquiry has
found that while being a public officer he acquired assets unlawfully or defrauded the State or
misused or abused his office, or willfully acted in a manner prejudicial to the interest of the State,
and the findings have not been set aside on appeal or judicial review; or
(e) is under sentence of death or other sentence of imprisonment imposed on him by any court., or
(f) is not qualified to be registered as a voter under any law relating to public elections; or
(g) is otherwise disqualified by a law in force at the time of the coming into force of this
Constitution, not being inconsistent with a provision of this Constitution.

Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)

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