-(1) A Member of Parliament shall cease to be Member of Parliament

71.-(1) A Member of Parliament shall cease to be Member of Parliament office of and shall vacate his seat in the National Assembly upon the occurrence of any of Member of Parliament the following matters: Act No.15 (a) where anything happens which, had he not been a Member of of 1984 Parliament, would have disqualified him from election or would Art.13 Act No.4 make him lose the qualifications for election or would disqualify of 1992, him from election or appointment in accordance with the Art.22 provisions of this Constitution; Act No.34 (b) where such Member of Parliament is elected President; of 1994, (c) where a Member of Parliament fails to attend three consecutive Art.14 meetings of the National Assembly without the permission of the Speaker; (d) where it is established that he has contravened the provisions of the law concerning the ethics of public leaders; (e) where a Member of Parliament ceases to be a member of the party to which he belonged when he was elected or appointed to be a Member of Parliament; (f) where a Member of Parliament is elected or appointed Vice- President; or (g) in the case of a Member of Parliament who is required to submit a formal statement of property in accordance with the provisions of Article 70, if he fails to make such formal statement in accordance with the provisions of that Article within the period prescribed for that purpose by a law enacted by Parliament, but where a Member of Parliament does not cease to be a Member of Parliament on account of any of those matters mentioned and if he does not sooner resign or die, then he shall continue to hold office as Member of Parliament until the next general election. (2) Parliament may enact a law for the purpose of making provisions enabling a Member of Parliament to appeal according to law, against a decision which confirms that he is a person of unsound mind or against a sentence of death or imprisonment or against conviction for an offence of the type referred to in the provisions of subarticle (5) of Article 67 of this Constitution, and that law may provide that the decision appealed against by the Member of Parliament shall have no effect in law until the expiration of the period prescribed in that law.