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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bahamas-independence-order-1973/schedule-1/paragraph-46",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1973/1080",
  "legislation_title": "The Bahamas Independence Order 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bahamas-independence-order-1973",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/46",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Composition of House of Assembly",
  "text": "(1) The House of Assembly shall consist of thirty-eight members or such greater number of members as may be specified by an Order made by the Governor-General in accordance with the provisions of Article 70 of this Constitution.\n(2) The members of the House shall be known as “Members of Parliament” and shall be persons who, being qualified for election as Members of Parliament in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution, have been so elected in the manner provided by any law in force in The Bahamas.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/1080/schedule/1/paragraph/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:06:14.990816+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}