The constitution and laws of Belize
DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT AS SENATOR.
63. (1) No person shall be qualified to be appointed as a Senator
who-
a. is, by virtue of his own act, under any acknowledgement of allegiance,
obedience or adherence to a foreign power or State,
b. is a member of the House of Representatives;
c. is an undischarged bankrupt, having been adjudged or otherwise declared
bankrupt under any law in force in any part or the Commonwealth;
d. is a person certified to be insane or otherwise to be of unsound mind under
any law;
e. is under sentence of death imposed upon him by a court in any part of the
vCommonwealth or is serving a sentence of imprisonment (by whatever name
called)
exceeding twelve months imposed on him by such a court or substituted by
competent authority for some other sentence imposed on him by such a court, or
is under such a sentence of imprisonment the execution of which has been
suspended:
f. is disqualified for membership of the House of Representatives by any law by
reason of his holding, or acting in any office the functions of which
involve-
(i) any responsibility for or in connection with the conduct of any election,
or
(ii) any responsibility for the compilation or revision of any electoral
register;
g. is disqualified for membership of the House of Representatives by virtue of
any law by reason of his having been convicted of any offence relating to
elections;
h. is disqualified for membership of the Senate under any law by virtue of-
(i) his holding or acting in any office or appointment specified (eighter
individually or by reference to a class of office or appointment) by such
law;
(ii) his belonging to any of the armed forces of Belize or to any class of
person that is comprised in any such force; or
(iii) his belonging to any police force or to any class of person that is
comprised in any such force; or
i. is a party to, or a partner in a firm or a director or manager of a company
which is a party to, any contract with the Government for or on account of the
public service, and has not disclosed to the Governor-General the nature of
such contract and his interest, or the interest of any such firm or company,
therein:
Provide that if it appears to the Governor-General, acting in his own
deliberate judgment, that it is proper so to do, he may by order direct that
any such disqualification shall be disregarded for the purposes of this
section.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph e. of subsection (1) of this section-
a. two or more sentences of imprisonment that are required to be served
consecutively shall be regarded as separate sentences if none of those
sentences exceeds twelve months, but if any one of such sentences exceeds that
term they shall be regarded as one sentence; and
b. no account shall be taken of a sentence of imprisonment imposed as an
alternative to or in default of the payment of a fine.
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