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subject to such exceptions and limitations as
Parliament may prescribe, a person shall not
be qualified to be elected as a member of the
House of Assembly if
(a) he holds or is acting in any office or
appointment prescribed by Parliament
either individually or by reference to a class
of office or appointment;
(b) he belongs to any armed force of Barbados
or to any class of person that is comprised
in any such force; or
(c) he belongs to any police force of Barbados
or to any class of person that is comprised
in any such force. (3) For the purposes of
subsection (1)(d)
(a) two or more sentences of imprisonment
that are required to be served consecutively
shall be regarded as separate sentences
if none of those sentences exceeds six
months, but if any one of those sentences
exceeds that term they shah be regarded
as one sentence; and
(b) no account shall be taken of a sentence of
imprisonment imposed as an alternative to
or in default of the payment of a fine.
45. (1) The seat of a member of the House of
Assembly shall become vacant
(a) upon the next dissolution of Parliament
after he has been appointed;
(a) upon the next dissolution of Parliament
after he has been Assembly. appointed;
(b) if he resigns it in such manner as may be
provided by any law in force in Barbados
or, subject to any such law, by the Standing
Orders of the House;
(c) if he is absent from the sittings of the
House of Assembly for such period and in
such circumstances as may be provided by
any law in force in Barbados or, subject to
any such law, by the Standing Orders of the
House;
(d) if he ceases to be a citizen of Barbados;
(e) if he contravenes the provisions of section
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59 (relating to the taking of the oath of
allegiance) or any provision requiring him
to make a declaration of qualification
for election before taking part in the
proceedings of the House of Assembly
contained in any law in force in Barbados;
(f) subject to the provisions of subsection
(2) if any circumstances arise that, if he
were not a member of the House, would
cause him to be disqualified for election as
such by virtue of section 44 (1) or any law
enacted in pursuance of section 44 (2);
(g) if he is expelled from the House in
accordance with any enact- ment relating
to the House and the Standing Orders of
the House.
(2) (a) If circumstances such as are referred to
in subsection (1) (f) arise because a member
is convicted of any criminal offence involving
dishonesty, under sentence of death or
imprisonment, adjudged to be of unsound mind,
declared bankrupt or convicted or reported
guilty of a corrupt or illegal practice at elections
or of making a false declaration of qualification
and if it is open to the member to appeal against
the decision (either with the leave of a court or
other authority or without such leave), he shall
forthwith cease to perform his functions as a
member but, subject to paragraph (b), he shall
not vacate his seat until the expiration of a
period of thirty days thereafter:
Provided that the Speaker may, at the request
of the member, from time to time extend that
period for further periods of thirty days to
enable the member to pursue an appeal against
the decision, so, however, that extensions of
time exceeding in the aggregate one hundred
and fifty days shall not be given without the
approval, signified by resolution, of the House of
Assembly.
(b) If, on the determination of any appeal, such
circumstances con- tinue to exist and no
further appeal is open to the member, or if,
by reason of the expiration of any period for
entering an appeal or notice thereof or the
refusal of leave to appeal or for any other
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