Constitution of Botswana (current consolidated text)
Unqualified persons sitting or voting
- Jurisdiction
- Botswana
- Provision
- 75
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official sourceAny person who sits or votes in the National Assembly knowing or having reasonable grounds for knowing that he or she is not entitled to do so shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding P50 or such other sum as may be prescribed by Parliament for each day on which he or she so sits or votes in the Assembly, which shall be recoverable by action in the High Court at the suit of the Attorney-General.
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Constitution of Botswana (current consolidated text) · testelaws.botswanalaws.com · Retrieved 19 August 2026.
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