-(1) Subject to the provisions contained in this Article, any person

67.-(1) Subject to the provisions contained in this Article, any person for Member of shall be qualified for election or appointment as a Member of Parliament if he - Parliament Act No.15 (a) is a citizen of the United Republic who has attained the age of of 1984 twenty-one years and who can read and write in Kiswahili or Art.13 Act No.4 English; and (b) is a member and a candidate proposed by a political party. of 1992 (2) A person shall not be qualified to be elected or appointed Member of Art.19; Parliament if - Act No.34 of 1994 (a) such person possesses or voluntarily acquires the citizenship of any Art.13 other country; Act No.12 (b) in accordance with a law applicable in the Untied Republic it has of 1995 been formally certified that such person is of unsound mind; Art.10 (c) such person has been convicted by any court in the United Act No.3 of 2000 Republic and sentenced to death or to a term of imprisonment Art.12 exceeding six months for any offence however styled involving dishonesty; (d) within a period of five years preceding the date of a general election such person has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for an offence involving dishonesty or for contravening the law concerning ethics of public leaders; (e) without prejudice to a person’s right and freedom to hold his own views, to profess a religious faith of his choice, to associate with others and to participate in community work in accordance with the laws of the land, if he is not a member of, and a candidate proposed by, a political party; (f) such person has an interest in any Government contract of any kind in respect of which special restrictions are prescribed by Act of Parliament and he has contravened such restrictions; (g) such person holds a senior office in the service of the Government of the United Republic, not being an office of which the President may or is required to appoint a Member of Parliament in accordance with this Constitution or a law enacted by Parliament; or (h) in accordance with a law enacted by Parliament dealing with offences concerning election of any kind such person has been disqualified from registering as a voter or from voting in a Parliamentary election. (3) A person shall not be competent to contest for election as a constituency Member of Parliament at any general election if he is at the same time contesting for election to the office of President, nor shall he be competent to contest for election as a Member of Parliament at any by-election if he is President. (4) Parliament may enact a law making provisions disqualifying a person from being elected Member of Parliament representing a constituency if such person holds an office whose functions involve the conduct of, or supervision over, the election of Members of Parliament or the registration of voters for the elections of Members of Parliament; save that such law shall not make provision disqualifying the Speaker from being elected Member of Parliament representing a constituency nor make provisions which cause a person elected Speaker to vacate that office of Speaker or his ordinary seat as Member of Parliament. (5) Parliament may enact a law for the purpose of making provisions for the disqualification of a person from being elected a Member of Parliament representing a constituency for any period, to be specified by Parliament (save that such period shall not exceed five years) if such person shall be convicted by a court for any type of offences, in connection with the election of Members of Parliament, as specified in that law. (6) For the purposes of giving opportunity to appeal according to law to any person who has been formally certified to be of unsound mind or convicted and sentenced to death or imprisonment, or convicted for any offence specified under the law in terms of subarticle (5) of this Article, Parliament may enact law providing that such judgment being appealed against by that person shall have no effect for the purposes of the provisions of subarticle (2) or (5) of this Article until the expiration of the period to be specified in such legislation. (7) The following rules shall apply for the purposes of interpreting paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of subarticle (2) of this Article, that is to say- (a) where a person has been awarded two or more prison sentences to run consecutively, such sentences shall be regarded to be separate provided that each of the sentences does not exceed six months; but if the period specified in any of the sentences exceeds six months, such sentences shall be regarded as one sentence; and (b) if a person is sentenced to imprisonment where he could otherwise have been sentenced to a fine, or where the sentence of imprisonment is imposed for failure to pay a fine ordered, then such period of imprisonment shall not be taken into account. (8) In paragraph (f) of subarticle (2) of this Article “Government contract” means any contractual agreement in which one of the parties is the Government of the United Republic or the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar or any department of that Government or any officer of the Government who has taken part on behalf of the Government. (9) [Subarticles (9), (10), (11) and (12) are repealed by Act No.4 of 1992 Art.19 (d)]. (10) For the purposes of interpretation of the qualifications for election contained in the following Articles whenever it is stated in this Constitution that the implementation of any matter requires a person who has the qualification for election, or a person who has not been disqualified from election, then unless the context requires otherwise, it shall be understood that the qualifications concerned are those which enable a person to be elected a Member representing a constituency as provided in subarticle (1) of this Article.