Papua New Guinea

Section 11 states:

A person is not qualified to be, or to remain, the Electoral Commissioner if he is–…

• (f) of unsound mind within the meaning of any law relating to the protection of the person and property of persons of unsound mind…

Section 28 states:

A person is not qualified to be, or to remain a member of the Boundaries Commission if he is–…

• (f) of unsound mind within the meaning of any law relating to the protection of the person and property of persons of unsound mind…

Excerpts from the Organic Law on National and Local-level Government Elections (1997, last amended 2006)

Section 42, subsection (1) states:

No person shall be deprived of his personal liberty except—…

• (h) in the case of a person who is, or is reasonably suspected of being of unsound mind, or addicted to drugs or alcohol, or a vagrant…

Section 93, subsection (2) states:

The Governor-General may be removed from office by the Head of State, acting with, and in accordance with, the advice of the National Executive…Council given in accordance with a decision of the Parliament, if the Speaker advises the Parliament that two medical practitioners appointed for the purpose by the National authority responsible for the registration or licensing of medical practitioners have jointly reported to the Speaker that, in their professional opinions, the Governor-General is unfit, by reason of physical or mental incapacity, to carry out the duties of his office.

Section 103, subsection (3) states:

A person is not qualified to be, or to remain, a member of Parliament if…

• (b) he is of unsound mind within the meaning of any law relating to the protection of the persons and property of persons of unsound mind…

Section 142, subsection (5) states:

The Prime Minister--…may be removed from office by the Head of State, acting in accordance with a decision of the Parliament, if the Speaker advises the Parliament that two medical practitioners appointed by the National Authority responsible for the registration or licensing of medical practitioners have jointly reported in accordance with an Act of the Parliament that, in their professional opinions, the Prime Minister is unfit, by reason of physical or mental incapacity, to carry out the duties of his office.

Section 172, subsection (3) states:

Full-time members of courts…shall be appointed by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission, and may be removed from office in accordance with an Act of the Parliament, but only for incapacity or misbehavior...

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (1975, last amended 2011)

Section 44 states:

A person is qualified for nomination if-…

• (j)  he is not of unsound mind within the meaning  of  any law relating to the protection of the persons and property of persons of unsound mind…

Excerpt from the Electoral Law (National Elections) Regulation (2007)