Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999
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here in respect of any person who has been-
judged to be a lunatic;
clared to be of unsound mind;
ntenced to death or imprisonment; or
judged or declared bankrupt,
ppeal against the decision is pending in any court of law in accordance with any law in force in Nigeria, subsection (1) of the section shall not apply durin
d beginning from the date when such appeal is lodged and ending on the date when the appeal is finally determined or, as the case may be, the appeal laps
abandoned, whichever is earlier.
or the purposes of subsection (2) of this section "appeal" includes any application for an injunction or an order certiorari, mandamus, prohibition or habeas
s, or any appeal from any such application.
The President may attend any joint meeting of the National Assembly or any meeting of either House of the National Assembly, either to deliver an
ss on national affairs including fiscal measures, or to make such statement on the policy of government as he considers to be of national importance.
Minister of the Government of the Federation attend either House of the National Assembly if invited to express to the House the conduct of his Ministry
n particular when the affairs of that Ministry are under discussion.
othing in this section shall enable any person who is not a member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives to vote in that House or in any of its
A member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives shall vacate his seat in the House of which he is a member if -
becomes a member of another legislative house.
y other circumstances arise that, if he were not a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, would cause him to be disqualified for election a
ceases to be a citizen of Nigeria;
becomes President, Vice-President, Governor, Deputy Governor or a Minister of the Government of the Federation or a Commissioner of the
tate or a Special Adviser.
ve as otherwise prescribed by this Constitution, he becomes a member of a commission or other body established by this Constitution or by any other law
thout just cause he is absent from meetings of the House of which he is a member for a period amounting in the aggregate to more than one-third of the to
er of days during which the House meets in any one year;
ing a person whose election to the House was sponsored by a political party, he becomes a member of another political party before the expiration of the
d for which that House was elected;
ded that his membership of the latter political party is not as a result of a division in the political party of which he was previously a member or of a merge
o or more political parties or factions by one of which he was previously sponsored; or
e President of the Senate or, as the case may be, the Speaker of the House of Representatives receives a certificate under the hand of the Chairman of the
endent National Electoral Commission stating that the provisions of section 69 of this Constitution have been complied with in respect of the recall of tha
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