Constitution of the Kingdom of Swaziland, 2005 (2) 98. For the purposes of subsection (1)(g), the required disclosure shall be— (a) in the case of an elected Senator, to the elected members of the House through the Speaker of the House soon after the election; (b) in the case of an appointed Senator or nominated member of the House, to the King through the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House as the case may be soon after appointment is made; (c) in the case of an elected member of the House, during the period commencing with the writ for election in the Gazette and ending three days before the date of the election by publication of a notice in English in the Gazette and in English and SiSwati in a newspaper circulating in Swaziland. (3) Any disclosure made in terms of subsection 1(g) shall be posted conspicuously for a period of at least one month within the Parliament building. (4) In this section “Goverrnment contract” means any contract with the Goverrnment for or on any account of the public service the consideration for which exceeds five thousand Emalangeni or such other amount as Parliament may prescribe or which forms part of a larger transaction or series of transactions in respect of which the amount or value or the aggregate amount or value of the transaction exceeds five thousand Emalangeni. Tenure of seats of members of Parliament (1) (2) 99. eSwatini The seat of a Senator or of a member of the House shall become vacant where— (a) Parliament is dissolved; (b) the holder of that seat resigns in writing addressed to the Clerk to Parliament; (c) the holder is absent from twenty sittings of the chamber during any meeting of that chamber without the permission in writing of the presiding officer and is unable to offer a reasonable explanation to the Parliamentary Committee on Privileges; (d) circumstances arise that would cause the holder to be disqualified or ineligible for election or appointment; (e) the holder is expelled by a resolution of at least two-thirds of all members of a chamber for contempt of Parliament; (f) the holder becomes a member of the other chamber of Parliament; (g) the holder becomes a party to any Goverrnment contract contrary to section 97(1)(g). If in the circumstances it appears to them to be just to do so, the Senate or the House as the case may be, may by a resolution exempt the holder of a seat from vacating the seat as required under subsection (1)(h) where the holder before becoming a party to the contract or before or as soon as practicable after becoming otherwise interested in the contract discloses to the President or the Speaker as the case may be the interest of that holder. Vacation of seat on sentence, etc. (1) Where a member of the Senate or the House is for an offence which is a criminal offence in Swaziland sentenced by a court in any country to death or imprisonment (by whatever name called) for a term of or exceeding six months, including a suspended sentence, that member shall forthwith cease to be such a member and the seat of that member shall become vacant at the expiration of a period of sixty days from date of that sentence. (2) The provisions of subsection (1) shall not apply where before the expiration of the period of sixty days the member receives a free pardon or the conviction is set aside or the sentence is reduced to a term of less than six months or a punishment other than imprisonment is substituted. By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 39