PART II - The Constitution of the Nation

PART 2 - The Constitution of the Nation

Section 4 - Elections, Meetings
Clause 1. The place or places for holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be determined by each District Legislature; but the National Parliament will determine the time and rules for choosing Senators and Representatives.
Clause 2. The Parliament shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on the first Monday of January, unless the National Parliament shall by Law appoint a different day.
Section 5 - Membership, Rules, Journals of Proceedings
Clause 1. Each House shall be the judge of the legality of elections and qualifications of its own members.
Clause 2. A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to do business; but if a quorum is lacking, then a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each House may provide.
Clause 3. Each House will determine its Rules of Proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member.
Clause 4. Each House shall keep a Journal of Proceedings and publish them quarterly, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy, but such decision shall require a majority vote of the members present; and the voice vote by Yea or Nay of the members of either House on any question shall, at the request of one-fifth of those present, be entered on the Journal.
Clause 5. Neither House, during a Session of Parliament, shall, without the consent of the other House, adjourn for more than 3 days, nor to any other place than that in which the two Houses are then sitting.
Section 6 - Compensation
Clause 1. Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by the National Parliament and paid out of the National Treasury.
Clause 2. Senators and Representatives shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at a Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either House, they shall not be questioned under the law.
Clause 3. No Senator or Representative shall, during his/her term of service in office, be appointed to any civil office under the executive authority of the Nation; and no person holding any office under the Nation, shall be a member of either House during his/her term of service in office.