LOOKING AT CURRENT MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.. WHOM COULD BE IN BREACH OF THE ELECTORAL ACT >>> ESP INCORPORATED COMPANIES >>>> •has any direct or indirect pecuniary interest in any agreement with the Commonwealth Public Service in any way other than as a member in common with other members of an incorporated company consisting of more than 25 persons Qualifications and Disqualifications Constitutional provisions A person is incapable of being chosen or of sitting as a Member of the House of Representatives if the person: •is a subject or citizen of a foreign power or is under an acknowledgment of allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power; •is attainted (convicted) of treason; •has been convicted and is under sentence or subject to be sentenced for an offence punishable by imprisonment for one year or longer under a State or Commonwealth law; •is an undischarged bankrupt or insolvent; •holds any office of profit under the Crown or any pension payable during the pleasure of the Crown out of any Commonwealth revenues (but this does not apply to: •Commonwealth Ministers •State Ministers •officers or members of the Queen’s Armed Forces in receipt of pay, half-pay or pension •officers or members of the Armed Forces of the Commonwealth in receipt of pay but whose services are not wholly employed by the Commonwealth); or •has any direct or indirect pecuniary interest in any agreement with the Commonwealth Public Service in any way other than as a member in common with other members of an incorporated company consisting of more than 25 persons.9 (Office holders of the Parliament, such as the Speaker and President, do not hold offices under the Crown.) A Member of the House of Representatives also becomes disqualified if he or she: •takes the benefit, whether by assignment, composition, or otherwise, of any law relating to bankrupt or insolvent debtors; or •directly or indirectly takes or agrees to take any fee or honorarium for services rendered to the Commonwealth, or for services rendered in the Parliament to any person or State.10 A Member of either the House of Representatives or the Senate is incapable of being chosen or of sitting as a Member of the other House.11 Thus, a Member of either House must resign if he or she wishes to stand as a candidate for election to the other House. Back to top Electoral Act provisions In order to be eligible to become a Member of the House of Representatives a person must: •have reached the age of 18 years; •be an Australian citizen; and •be an elector, or qualified to become an elector, who is entitled to vote in a House of Representatives election.12 A person is incapable of being chosen or of sitting as a Member if he or she has been convicted of bribery, undue influence or interference with political liberty, or has been found by the Court of Disputed Returns to have committed or attempted to commit bribery or undue influence when a candidate, disqualification being for two years from the date of the conviction or finding.13 A person is disqualified by virtue of not being eligible as an elector, in accordance with section 163 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act, if the person is of unsound mind.14 No person who nominates as a Member of the House of Representatives can be at the hour of nomination a member of a State Parliament, the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly or the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly.15 Back to top
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 03:09:01 +0000