Imperial Constitution

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Chapter II
Chamber of Deputies

Article. The Chamber of Deputies shall consist of two hundred and fifty deputies elected by direct ballot under a system of proportional representation which takes into account the votes cast in favor of each party throughout the country. Each province shall be entitled to have at least one deputy.

Article. The Chamber of Deputies is elected for a term of four years and is renewed in full at the expiration of its mandate. However, should the Emperor make use of the authority conferred upon him by (number) of Article _____, the newly elected Chamber shall operate, in such case, only during the time left for the dissolved Chamber to complete its period.

Article. To be a deputy it is necessary to be a natural citizen in full exercise of civil rights, or a legal citizen who has exercised his civil rights for five years, and in both cases, to have attained twenty-five years of age.

Chapter III
Senate

Article. The Senate is composed of members appointed by the Emperor in the manner herein set forth.

Article. For purposes of appointing senators each province is divided into ten electoral circumscriptions. Each circumscription shall have one senator.

Article. Each circumscription shall elect senatorial candidates in the number and in the manner determined by law. One senator shall be appointed by the Emperor from a slate of the three candidates with the highest relative majorities in the circumscription.

Article. To be a senator it is necessary to be a natural citizen in full exercise of civil rights and to have attained forty years of age.

Article. The membership of the Senate also includes those Princes of the _____ Imperial House who have attained twenty-five years of age.

Article. Senators shall hold their positions in their own right for life, without prejudice that incompatibilities, incapacities and grounds for suspension described in this Constitution may be applied.