[Article 48]
Federal Constitution
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(i) convicted and sentenced as specified in the aforesaid
paragraph (e); or
(ii) convicted of an offence or proved guilty of an act
under a federal law made in pursuance of Clause
(2); or
(b) if within the period of fourteen days specified in paragraph
(a) an appeal or any other court proceeding is brought
in respect of such conviction or sentence, or in respect
of being so convicted or proved guilty, as the case may
be, the disqualification shall take effect upon the expiry
of fourteen days from the date on which such appeal or
other court proceeding is disposed of by the court; or
(c) if within the period specified in paragraph (a) or the
period after the disposal of the appeal or other court
proceeding specified in paragraph (b) there is filed a
petition for a pardon, such disqualification shall take
effect immediately upon the petition being disposed
of.
(5) Clause (4) shall not apply for the purpose of nomination,
election or appointment of any person to either House of Parliament,
for which purpose the disqualification shall take effect immediately
upon the occurrence of the event referred to in paragraph (e) of
Clause (1) or in Clause (2), as the case may be.
(6) A person who resigns his membership of the House of
Representatives shall, for a period of five years beginning with
the date on which his resignation takes effect, be disqualified
from being a member of the House of Representatives.
P rovisions
against double memberships
49. A person shall not at the same time be a member of both
Houses of Parliament, nor be elected to the House of Representatives
for more than one constituency or to the Senate for more than
one State, nor be both an elected and an appointed member of
the Senate.
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