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From Roach Busters

[edit] Qualifications for membership of Parliament

96. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, a person qualifies to be appointed, elected or nominated, as the case may be, as a Senator or a member of the House if that person —

(a) is a citizen of Swaziland;

(b) has attained the age of eighteen years and is a registered voter;

(c) has paid all taxes or made arrangements satisfactory to the Commissioner of Taxes; and

(d) is registered as a voter in the inkhundla in which that person is a candidate (in the case of elected members).

[edit] Disqualifications for membership of Parliament

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 96, a person does not qualify to be appointed, elected or nominated as the case may be, a Senator or member of the House if that person —

(a) has been adjudged or otherwise declared —

(i) insolvent under any law and has not been rehabilitated; or

(ii) to be of unsound mind;

(b) is under sentence of death or of imprisonment for more than six months for an act which is a criminal offense in Swaziland;

(c) is a member of the armed forces of Swaziland or is holding or acting in any public office and has not been granted leave of absence for the duration of Parliament;

(d) is not qualified to be a voter under any provision of this Constitution;

(e) is otherwise disqualified by law in force in Swaziland relating to general elections;

(f) has been found to be incompetent to hold public office under any law relating to tenure of public office whether elected or not;

(g) is a party to, or is a partner in, a firm or a director or manager, of a company which is a party to any subsisting Government contract and has not made the required disclosure of —

(i) the nature of the contract;

(ii) the interest of that person in the contract;

(iii) the interest of that firm or company in the contract;

(h) holds or is acting in any office the functions of which involve anyresponsibility for or in connection with the conduct of any election or the compilationor a revision of any electoral register.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(g), the required disclosure shall be —

(a) in the case of an elected Senator, to the elected members of the House through the Speaker of the House soon after the election;

(b) in the case of an appointed Senator or nominated member of the House, to the King through the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House as the case may be soon after appointment is made;

(c) in the case of an elected member of the House, during the period commencing with the writ for election in the Gazette and ending three days before the date of the election by publication of a notice in English in the Gazette and in English and Siswati in a newspaper circulating in Swaziland.

(3) Any disclosure made in terms of subsection 1(g) shall be posted conspicuously for aperiod of at least one month within the Parliament building.

(4) In this section “Government contract” means any contract with the Government for or on any account of the public service the consideration for which exceeds five thousand Emalangeni or such other amount as Parliament may prescribe or which forms part of a larger transaction or series of transactions in respect of which the amount or value or the aggregate amount or value of the transaction exceeds five thousand Emalangeni.