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acting in that office, be a member of the Assembly; though not being a
Representative or a Senator.
(5) Any reference in this Constitution to any person
having a seat in the Assembly shall be construed as a reference to
either a Representative or a Senator.
Qualifications.
68. Subject to the provisions of section 69 of this
Constitution, a person shall be qualified to be elected as a
Representative or a Senator if, and shall not be so qualified to be so
elected unless, he –
(a) is a citizen of a CARICOM or an OECS
member state of the Commonwealth;
(b) is of the age of eighteen years or upwards;
(c) is domiciled and resident in Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines at the date of his nomination
for election as a Representative or as a
Senator, or has resided in Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines for a period of twelve months
immediately before that date; and
(d) is able to speak and, unless incapacitated by
blindness or other physical cause, to read the
English language with a degree of proficiency
sufficient to enable him to take an active part
in the proceedings of the National Assembly.
Disqualifications.
69. (1) No person shall be qualified to be elected as a
Representative or a Senator if he -
(a) is, by virtue of his own act, under any
acknowledgment of allegiance, obedience or
adherence to a foreign power or state:
Provided that a person shall not be deemed to be
disqualified under this paragraph if he, while being a citizen of a
CARICOM or an OECS member state of the Commonwealth, is
also a citizen of another country or countries or is entitled to the
citizenship of another country or countries, or holds a passport issued
by a foreign power or state; without being under any additional or
extraordinary acknowledgment, allegiance or adherence to that
foreign power or state;
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