Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) [No. 2 of 2016 25 (d) has obtained, as a minimum academic qualification, a grade twelve certificate or its equivalent; and (e) declares that person’s assets and liabilities, as prescribed. (2) A person is disqualified from being elected as a Member of Parliament if that person— (a) is validly nominated as a candidate in a presidential election; (b) is a public officer or Constitutional office holder; (c) is a judge or judicial officer; (d) has a mental or physical disability that would make the person incapable of performing the legislative function; (e) is an undischarged bankrupt; (f) is serving a sentence of imprisonment for an offence under a written law; (g) has, in the immediate preceding five years, served a term of imprisonment of at least three years; (h) has, in the immediate preceding five years, been removed from public office on grounds of gross misconduct; or (i) holds or is acting in an office, as prescribed, the functions of which involve or are connected with the conduct of elections. 71. A nomination for election to the National Assembly is valid if the candidate— (a) has paid a prescribed election fee to the Electoral Commission; and (b) is supported by at least fifteen persons registered as voters in the constituency in which the candidate is standing for election. Nominations for election to National Assembly