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The Constitution of the People‌‌‍’s Republic of Bangladesh

Chapter I

PARLIAMENT

Bar against double membership
71. (1) No person shall at the same time be a member of Parliament in respect of two or more constituencies.
 
 
 
 
(2) Nothing in clause (1) shall prevent a person from being at the same time a candidate for two or more constituencies, but in the event of his being elected for more than one –
 
 
 
 
(a) within thirty days after his last election the person elected shall deliver to the Chief Election Commissioner a signed declaration specifying the constituency which he wishes to represent, and the seats of the other constituencies for which he was elected shall thereupon fall vacant;
 
 
(b) if the person elected fails to comply with sub clause (a) all the seats for which he was elected shall fall vacant; and
 
 
 
 
(c) the person elected shall not make or subscribe the oath or affirmation of a member of Parliament until the foregoing provisions of this clause, so far as applicable, have been complied with.

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