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sUPPLEMENtArY
iNforMAtioN
Electoral Law:
42. (1) The election of members to the House
of Assembly Electoral shall be conducted
under the direction and supervision of the law.
Commission.
(2) Any law providing for the election of
members of the 1y8~-16. House of Assembly
shall in particular
(a) contain provisions for the division
of Barbados into Constituencies in
accordance with any report submitted
under section 41D;
(b) contain provisions designed to ensure that
as far as practicable any person qualified
to vote at an election of members of the
House of Assembly, has a reasonable
opportunity of voting;
(c) contain provisions relating to the conduct
of elections of members of the House of
Assembly including provisions relating to
the identification of electors designed to
ensure that as far as practicable no person
shall vote at an election of a member of the
House of Assembly (9 who is not entitled to
vote,
(ii) when he is not entitled to vote, or
(iii) where he is not entitled to vote; and
(d) contain provisions pemlitting or restricting
political broadcasts and the allocation of
broadcasting time to political parties.
43. Subject to the provisions of section 44, any
person who
(a) is a citizen of Barbados of the age of
twenty-one years or membership upwards;
and
(b) has such connection with Barbados by
residence therein as may be prescribed by
Parliament, shall be qualified to be elected
as a member of the House of Assembly.
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44. (1) No person shall be qualified to be elected as
a member of the House of Assembly who
(a) is, by virtue of his own act, under any
acknowledgement of allegiance, obedience
or adherence to a foreign Power or State;
(b) holds or is acting in the office of a
Judge, the Director of Public Prosecutions
or the Auditor-General;
(c) repealed by 1981-24;
(d) is under sentence of death imposed by a
court in any part of the Commonwealth
or is serving a sentence of imprisonment
(by whatever name called) exceeding six
months imposed on him by such a court
or substituted by competent authority for
some other sentence imposed on him by
such a court, or is under such a sentence
of imprisonment the execution of which
has been suspended,
(e) is a person certified to be insane or
otherwise adjudged to be of unsound mind
under any law in force in Barbados;
(f) has been adjudged or otherwise declared
bankrupt under any law in force in
Barbados and has not been discharged;
(g) is disqualified for membership of the
House of Assembly by or under any law in
force in Barbados by reason of his having
been convicted or reported guilty of any
corrupt or illegal practice at elections;
(h) is disqualified for such membership by
or under any such law by reason of his
having been convicted of making a false
declaration of qualification for election;
(i) is disqualified for such membership by
or under any such law on any ground not
mentioned in the foregoing provisions
of this subsection, being a ground for
disqualification for membership of the
House of Assembly by or under any law,
other than the Representation of the
People Act 195731 in force in Barbados
immediately before 30th November 1966.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of
subsection (1) (b), Parliament may provide that,
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