mind; or 76 (1) d if he has been convicted and sentenced for an There is a recommendation that this be dealt with offence which involves or misconduct by subsidiary legislation and that dishonesty and dishonesty; or misconduct be included 76 (1) h if he is under a sentence of death imposed on him by any The CRC recommends this subsection should be court; or deleted because it is redundant since the operative words are the time “for being” Tenure of (1) k if he ceases to be a member of the political party (K) The CRC recommends the word ‘voluntarily’ Members of of which he was a member at the time of his should be added before the word and with “ceases” election to Parliament and he so informs the Parliament justifiable reasons or evidence which shall be given Speaker, or the Speaker is so informed by the by the Political Party. Leader of that political party; or 77 (1) l if by his conduct in Parliament by sitting and (L) The CRC recommends including the word voting with members of a different party, the after and before “persistently” “by” “sitting”. Speaker is satisfied after consultation with the continue to include the following text after the Leader of that Member's party that the Member is word and and sufficient ‘party’ before’ that’ “upon no longer a member of the political party under and continue to also recommends evidence” “when whose symbol he was elected to Parliament; or declared bankrupt by a competent Court of Law” (1) N if he accepts office as Ambassador or High The CRC recommends a change of the word “any Commissioner for Sierra Leone or any to position” “employment” employment with an International or Regional Organization. 77 (1) O A proposed recall clause The CRC recommends that a new section be added as a recall clause for non-performing parliamentarians Any member of Parliament who has been adjudged to 77 (2) The CRC recommends the addition of other socio- be a lunatic, declared to be of unsound mind, or criminal offenses for which the death penalty is not
mind; or 76 (1) d if he has been convicted and sentenced for an offence which involves misconduct or dishonesty; or There is a recommendation that this be dealt with by subsidiary legislation and that dishonesty and misconduct be included 76 (1) h if he is under a sentence of death imposed on him by any court; or The CRC recommends this subsection should be deleted because it is redundant since the operative words are “for the time being” Tenure of Members of Parliament (1) k if he ceases to be a member of the political party of which he was a member at the time of his election to Parliament and he so informs the Speaker, or the Speaker is so informed by the Leader of that political party; or (K) The CRC recommends the word ‘voluntarily’ should be added before the word “ceases” and with justifiable reasons or evidence which shall be given by the Political Party. 77 (1) l if by his conduct in Parliament by sitting and voting with members of a different party, the Speaker is satisfied after consultation with the Leader of that Member's party that the Member is no longer a member of the political party under whose symbol he was elected to Parliament; or (L) The CRC recommends including the word “persistently” after “by” and before “sitting”. continue to include the following text after the word ‘party’ and before’ that’ and “upon sufficient evidence” and continue to also recommends “when declared bankrupt by a competent Court of Law” (1) N if he accepts office as Ambassador or High Commissioner for Sierra Leone or any employment with an International or Regional Organization. The CRC recommends a change of the word “any position” to “employment” 77 (1) O A proposed recall clause The CRC recommends that a new section be added as a recall clause for non-performing parliamentarians 77 (2) Any member of Parliament who has been adjudged to be a lunatic, declared to be of unsound mind, or The CRC recommends the addition of other socio- criminal offenses for which the death penalty is not
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