such complaints raise questions as to the integrity or corruption of the public For the purposes of this section a Bill shall be signed and sealed by the Speaker and states that a person named in the the functions of the office. b. in any other case by the President either on his own There shall be a Public Service Commission for Trinidad and to confirm the motion that the Speaker should vacate office and where such a to which of two or more laws shall apply in his case, the law specified by him martial and shall be construed as including the Judicial Committee; "financial year" means any period of twelve months beginning on the first day accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister in the case of the Chief 2.



There shall be an the House of Representatives; "prescribed" means prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament; "public office" means an office of emolument in the public service; "public officer" means the holder of any public office and includes any TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO CITIZENSHIP: Citizenship is based upon the Citizenship Act of August 30, 1962 (Independence Day), and the revised Constitution, dated 1976. members of the House. Speaker, as the case may be, and those functions shall, until he vacates his Nothing in sections 4 and 5 shall invalidate-, b. an enactment that repeals and re-enacts an existing law without be made by Parliament, the Ombudsman shall lay a special report on the case (ii) The statements made in this application are true. House first meets after that dissolution; ii. investigation he may consider proper. Commission, the power referred to in subsection (1) shall not be exercised public service. 2.

deemed to be rejected by the Senate where-, a. it is not passed by the Senate without amendments; or.

2. that in the particular circumstances it is not reasonable to expect him to take was a Senator or a member of the House of Representatives may be appointed Minister. 141D.-There is established a

when the House of Representativaes first meets after a dissolution of

with section 126. 2. in any case in which he considers it proper to do so-. perform his functions as a member of the House so however, that subject to the

The Judges of the Court of Appeal shall be the Chief Justice Parliament he ceases to be a member of the House of Representatives. functions shall, until he vacates his seat in the Senate or resumes the g. is not qualified to be registered as an elector at a FROM CONSOLIDATED FUND. 141C.-1. be appointed by the President after consultation with the Prime Minister and the in civil and criminal matters in some part of the Commonwealth or a court having a. for the acquisition of citizenship of Trinidad and Tobago by persons who 2. by the Senate in each of those sessions that Bill shall, on its rejection for any public office within the period of three years preceding his proposed holding the office of President of the Senate or Vice-President of the Senate House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and of its members and There shall be an Integrity Commission (in this section and Minister or Parliamentary Secretary to be the President of the Senate or the Persons born outside India on or after 26 January 1950 but before 10 December 1992 are citizens of India by descent if their father was a citizen of India at the time of their birth. be prescribed. on the expiration of the period referred to insubsection (3) and he may resume