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Article 72 During his mandate, the Deputy may not, under penalty of forfeiture, change political group to affiliate with a new group, other than the one in the name of which he has been elected. In the case of infraction of the preceding paragraph, the sanction is forfeiture that is declared by the High Constitutional Court. The Deputy elected without belonging to a party may affiliate with the parliamentary group of his choice within the Assembly. The forfeiture of a Deputy may also be declared by the High Constitutional Court if he deviates from the line of conduct of his parliamentary group. The regime of forfeiture and the rules of ethics and of deontology are determined by the law on the political parties and the regulations in the matter of the financing of the political parties. Madagascar 2010 Page 16 constituteproject.org PDF generated: 31 Oct 2013, 18:43