[Article 46]
Federal Constitution
(ix) three members from Perlis;
(x) twenty-five members from Sabah;
(xi) thirty-one members from Sarawak;
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(xii) twenty-two members from Selangor; and
(xiii) eight members from Terengganu; and
(b) thirteen members from the Federal Territories of Kuala
Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya as follows:
(i) eleven members from the Federal Territory of
Kuala Lumpur;
(ii) one member from the Federal Territory of Labuan;
(iii) one member from the Federal Territory of
Putrajaya.
Qualifications for membership of Parliament
47. Every citizen resident in the Federation is qualified to be a
member—
(a) of the Senate, if he is not less than thirty years old;
(b) of the House of Representatives, if he is not less than
twenty-one years old,
unless he is disqualified for being a member by this Constitution
or by any law made in pursuance of Article 48.
Disqualification for membership of Parliament
48. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Article, a person is
disqualified for being a member of either House of Parliament if—
(a) he is and has been found or declared to be of unsound
mind; or
(b) he is an undischarged bankrupt; or
(c) he holds an office of profit; or
(d) having been nominated for election to either House of
Parliament or to the Legislative Assembly of a State, or
having acted as election agent to a person so nominated,
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