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Chapter 4—Parliament

to establish a joint committee to review the Constitution at least annually; and to regulate the business of —

the joint rules committee; the Mediation Committee; the constitutional review committee; and any joint committees established in terms of paragraph (b).

Cabinet members, members of the National Assembly and delegates to the National Council of Provinces have the same privileges and immunities before a joint committee of the Assembly and the Council as they have before the Assembly or the Council.

Composition and election

The National Assembly consists of no fewer than 350 and no more than 400 women and men elected as members in terms of an electoral system that —

is prescribed by national legislation; is based on the national common voters roll; provides for a minimum voting age of 18 years; and results, in general, in proportional representation.

An Act of Parliament must provide a formula for determining the number of members of the National Assembly.

Membership

Every citizen who is qualified to vote for the National Assembly is eligible to be a member of the Assembly, except —

anyone who is appointed by, or is in the service of, the state and receives remuneration for that appointment or service, other than —

the President, Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers; and other office-bearers whose functions are compatible with the functions of a member of the Assembly, and have been declared compatible with those functions by national legislation;

permanent delegates to the National Council of Provinces or members of a provincial legislature or a Municipal Council; unrehabilitated insolvents; anyone declared to be of unsound mind by a court of the Republic; or anyone who, after this section took effect, is convicted of an offence and sentenced to more than 12 months’ imprisonment without the option of a fine, either in the Republic, or outside the Republic if the conduct constituting the offence would