Vacation of office of member of Parliament

The official text

(1) The office of a member of Parliament becomes vacant—

(a) if the member dies;

(b) if, during any session of Parliament, the member is absent from eight sittings of the relevant House without permission, in writing, from the Speaker, and is unable to offer a satisfactory explanation for the absence to the relevant committee;

(c) if the member is otherwise removed from office under this Constitution or legislation enacted under Article 80;

(d) if the member resigns from Parliament in writing to the Speaker;

(e) if, having been elected to Parliament—

(i) as a member of a political party, the member resigns from that party or is deemed to have resigned from the party as determined in accordance with the legislation contemplated in clause (2); or

(ii) as an independent candidate, the member joins a political party;

(f) at the end of the term of the relevant House; or

(g) if the member becomes disqualified for election to Parliament under Article 99(2)(d) to (h).

(2) Parliament shall enact legislation providing for the circumstances under which a member of a political party shall be deemed, for the purposes of clause (1)(e), to have resigned from the party.