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Article 56  First chamber selection The Chamber of Deputies comprises forty members elected by direct, secret general ballot in accordance with the provisions of the law.  Eligibility for first chamber Article 57 A member of the Chamber of Deputies must meet the following requirements:  International organizations a. He must be a citizen of Bahrain, and for naturalized citizens at least ten years must have elapsed since acquiring their citizenship. He must not be a citizen of another country, with the exception of citizens of the member states of the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf, on the condition that his Bahraini citizenship be the original citizenship. He must enjoy full civil and political rights, and must be enrolled in the in an electoral register.  Minimum age for first chamber b. On the day of his election he must be not less than thirty years of age by the Gregorian Calendar. c. He must read and write Arabic fluently. d. His membership of the Consultative Council or the Chamber of Deputies must not have been abrogated by decision of the Chamber to which he belonged due to loss of confidence and esteem or for being in breach of duties of membership. However, a person whose membership has been abrogated may put himself forward as a candidate if the legislative season during which the decision to abrogate his membership was taken has elapsed, or if the chamber of which he was a member adopts a decision to cancel the impediment to candidature entailed by abrogation of membership upon expiry of the convening period during which the decision to abrogate his membership was taken.