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(h)
holds or is acting in any office the functions of which involve any
responsibility for or in connection with the conduct of any election or the compilation
or a revision of any electoral register.
(2)
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 “Government contract” means any contract with the Government 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
98.
(1)
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 Government contract contrary to section 97
(1) (g).
(2)
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.
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