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Paragraph 44 Qualifications for elected membership

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Subject to section 47, a person shall be qualified to be elected as a member of the House of Assembly if, and shall not be qualified to be so elected unless, he or she—

(a)

has attained the age of twenty-one years; and

(b)

is, on the date of his or her nomination for election, resident in the Islands and has been so resident for not less than twelve months, in the aggregate, out of the two years immediately preceding that date; and

(c)

is a Belonger.