Document:Senate Reform
Resolution C-302; Senate
Be it Resolved by the Senate and Commons in this Present Parliament Assembled:
The Governor-General shall be authorized to enact a proclamation amending the Constitution Act, 1955, as follows:
Section 11 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is repealed and the following substituted thereof:
"The qualifications of a Senator shall be as follows:
- (1) He shall be of the full age of twenty-five years.
- (2) He shall be a subject of the Queen, or a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations.
- (3) He shall have been either summoned to be a Senator by the Governor-General or have recieved a majority of the votes in his electoral district during a general election."
Section 12 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is repealed and the following substituted thereof:
"Selection of members of the senate shall be as follows:
- (1) The Governor-General may from time to time, summon qualified persons to be Senators by instrument under the Great Seal of Ibagli and in the Queen’s name; and, under the provisions of this act, such persons will be members of the Senate and Senators; up to a maximum number of fourty.
- (2) There shall be a single place in the senate for each electoral district in Ibagli. No more than thirty qualified persons may be summoned to be senators, one for each district, by way of general elections held at regular intervals not longer than five years; by instrument under the Great Seal of Ibagli and in the Queen’s name; and, under the provisions of this act, such persons will be members of the Senate and Senators."
Section 13 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is repealed and the following substituted thereof:
"A senator shall, subject to the provisions of this act, hold his place in the senate for not longer than five years."
Section 14 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is repealed and the following substituted thereof:
"The seat of A Senator shall become vacant in any of the following cases:
- (1) In the event of his death;
- (2) If he fails to attend two consecutive sessions of the Senate;
- (3) If he takes an oath or makes declaration of allegiance, obedience, and adherence to a foreign power, or does become a subject or a citizen of a foreign power;
- (4) If he is convicted of treason, or any other felony or infamous crime;
- (5) If he does resign his seat in the Senate by writing under his own hand addressed to the Governor-General; or
- (6) If he becomes a member of the House of Commons."
Section 15 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is repealed and the following substituted thereof:
"In the event of a vacancy in the Senate, a qualified individual may be sumoned by means of a by-election to fill the vacancy. If the seat was originally decited by means of appointment, the Governor-General shall summon a qualified individual to fill the vacancy so long as the appropriate ratio of elected and appointed senators prevails."
Section 16 of the Constitution Act, 1955, is repealed and the following substituted thereof:
"The Senate shall elect one of its Members to be Speaker after a General Election or the death or resignation of the Speaker."