46 in respect of any such conviction or any penalty or forfeiture resulting from any such conviction. (7) Nothing in this section shall be construed as precluding an Act of Parliament from making provision of general application under which any sentence of imprisonment shall be reduced where such conditions (being conditions relating to good behaviour by the person on whom the sentence was imposed whilst serving that sentence) as are prescribed are fulfilled. CHAPTER VII THE LEGISLATURE Part 1(a) System of Government System of government 79. The system of government for Swaziland is a democratic, participatory, tinkhundla-based system which emphasises devolution of state power from central government to tinkhundla areas and individual merit as a basis for election or appointment to public office. Tinkhundla 80. (1) For purposes of political organisation and popular representation of the people in Parliament, Swaziland is divided into several areas called tinkhundla. (2) An inkhundla − (a) is established by the King on the recommendation of the Elections and Boundaries Commission; (b) consists of one or more chiefdoms which act as nomination areas for the elected members of the House (the primary level elections); (c) is, among other things, also used as a constituency for the election of the elected members of the House (the secondary level elections). (3) The tinkhundla units or areas, inspired by a policy of decentralisation of state power, are the engines of development and the central pillars underpinning the political organisation and economic infrastructure of the country through which social services to the different parts of the Swazi community are facilitated and delivered. Bucopho (Inkhundla Committee) 81. (1) An inkhundla, as a local authority area, is under the general administration of an executive committee called Bucopho. (2) Bucopho consists of persons elected from the chiefdoms or polling an inkhundla and shall have same qualifications as a Member of Parliament. divisions within (3) Bucopho operates under the chairmanship of the Indvuna YeNkhundla who supervises the activities of the inkhundla and also convenes and presides over meetings of the inkhundla. (4) An inkhundla represented by the bucopho has a corporate status and may perform acts as bodies corporate may perform. 46