Mauritius

Rodrigues Regional Assembly Act

Updated: June 2015

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Section 5, subsection 2 states:

...no person shall be registered as an elector:…

(c) if he- (ii) is a person adjudged to be of unsound mind or detained as a criminal lunatic under any law in force in Mauritius.

Section 6 states:

(1) Subject  to  subsection (2),  a  person  shall  be  qualified  to  be  elected  as  a  member of  the Regional Assembly if, and shall not be so qualified unless, he -…(d) is  able to speak and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause, to read the English  and  French  languages with  a  degree  of  proficiency  sufficient  to  enable  him  to take  an active part in the proceedings of the Assembly.

(2) No person shall be qualified to be elected as a member of the Regional Assembly who -…

  • (e) is a person adjudged to be of unsound mind or detained as a criminal lunatic under any law in force in Mauritius…

 

Section 58 states:

(1)  Where  the  Chairperson of  the  Regional  Assembly  is  unable  to  attend  a  meeting  of the Regional Assembly, the Deputy Chairperson of the Regional Assembly shall preside with the same powers  and  authority as the Chairperson of the Regional Assembly, except that he shall retain the right to vote and may also exercise the right of a casting vote.

(2) Where both the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the Regional Assembly are unable to attend a meeting of the Regional Assembly, the Members present shall elect one of their number, not  being  a  member of  the  Executive  Council,  to  preside  at  that  meeting  and the  Member  so elected shall retain the right to vote and may also exercise the right of a casting vote.

 

Excerpts from the Rodrigues Regional Assembly Act (2006)

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Section 6 states:

(1) Subject  to  subsection (2),  a  person  shall  be  qualified  to  be  elected  as  a  member of  the Regional Assembly if, and shall not be so qualified unless, he -…

  • (d) is  able to speak and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause, to read the English  and  French  languages with  a  degree  of  proficiency  sufficient  to  enable  him  to take  an active part in the proceedings of the Assembly.

(2) No person shall be qualified to be elected as a member of the Regional Assembly who -…

  • (e) is a person adjudged to be of unsound mind or detained as a criminal lunatic under any law in force in Mauritius…

 

Section 58 states:

(1)  Where  the  Chairperson of  the  Regional  Assembly  is  unable  to  attend  a  meeting  of the Regional Assembly, the Deputy Chairperson of the Regional Assembly shall preside with the same powers  and  authority as the Chairperson of the Regional Assembly, except that he shall retain the right to vote and may also exercise the right of a casting vote.

(2) Where both the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the Regional Assembly are unable to attend a meeting of the Regional Assembly, the Members present shall elect one of their number, not  being  a  member of  the  Executive  Council,  to  preside  at  that  meeting  and the  Member  so elected shall retain the right to vote and may also exercise the right of a casting vote.

 

Excerpts from the Rodrigues Regional Assembly Act (2006)