Article 8 Amendment of section 19 of Constitution.

Section 19(1) of the Constitution shall be amended by replacing paragraph (e) by the following:

“(e)

subject to subsection (2) of this section:

(i)

is under sentence of death imposed on him by a court, or is serving a sentence of imprisonment (by whatever name called) exceeding twelve months imposed on him by a court or substituted by competent authority for some other sentence imposed on him by a court, or is under such a sentence of imprisonment the execution of which has been suspended; or

(ii)

has been detained in prison under such a sentence of imprisonment within the period of five years immediately preceding the date of the election;”.

Section 19(2) of the Constitution shall be amended by replacing the full stop at the end of the subsection by a semicolon and the word “and” and by adding the following paragraph:

“(c)

no account shall be taken of a sentence of imprisonment imposed by a court outside the Islands other than a sentence on conviction for an offence constituted by conduct which, if it occurred within the Islands, would constitute an offence punishable under the law of the Islands by imprisonment of 12 months, or any greater punishment.”.