[Article 57]
Federal Constitution
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months of his election to such office or at any time thereafter he
is or becomes a member of any board of directors or board of
management, or an officer or employee, or engages in the affairs
or business, of any organization or body, whether corporate or
otherwise, or of any commercial, industrial or other undertaking,
whether or not he receives any remuneration, reward, profit or
benefit from it:
Provided that such disqualification shall not apply where such
organization or body carries out any welfare or voluntary work
or objective beneficial to the community or any part thereof, or
any other work or objective of a charitable or social nature, and
the member does not receive any remuneration, reward, profit or
benefit from it.
(6) Where any question arises regarding the disqualification of
the Speaker or a Deputy Speaker under Clause (5) the decision of
the House of Representatives shall be taken and shall be final.
Remuneration of President, Deputy President, Speaker and
Deputy Speakers
58. Parliament shall by law provide for the remuneration of the
President and Deputy President of the Senate and the Speaker
and Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives, and the
remuneration so provided for the President of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House of Representative shall be charged on the
Consolidated Fund.
Oaths by members
59. (1) Every member of either House of Parliament shall before
taking his seat take and subscribe before the person presiding
in the House an oath in the form set out in the Sixth Schedule,
but a member may before taking that oath take part in the
election of a President of the Senate or Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
(2) If a member has not taken his seat within six months from the
date on which the House first sits after his election or such further
time as the House may allow, his seat shall become vacant.
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