{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/federation-of-rhodesia-and-nyasaland-dissolution-order-in-council-1963/article-38",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1963/2085",
  "legislation_title": "The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Dissolution) Order in Council 1963",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/federation-of-rhodesia-and-nyasaland-dissolution-order-in-council-1963",
  "path": "article/38",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Disqualifications for membership",
  "text": "No person shall be appointed to be a member of the corporation who—\n(a) is a member of the Legislature of a Territory; or\n(b) has, under any enactment in force in any part of the Commonwealth—\n(i) been adjudged or otherwise declared bankrupt or insolvent and has not been discharged or rehabilitated; or\n(ii) made an assignment to, or arrangement or composition with, his creditors which has not been rescinded or set aside; or\n(c) has within the immediately preceding five years served a sentence of imprisonment (by whatever name called) exceeding six months imposed (otherwise than as an alternative to, or in default of, the payment of a fine) in any part of the Commonwealth, and has not received a free pardon in respect of the offence for which he was sentenced.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1963/2085/article/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T00:12:18.320003+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."
}