The Bahamas Independence Order 1973 No. 1080

SCHEDULE TO THE ORDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS

CHAPTER V PARLIAMENT

PART 2 The Senate

Qualifications for appointment as Senator

41.  Subject to the provisions of Article 42 of this Constitution, a person shall be qualified to be appointed as a Senator if, and shall not be qualified to be so appointed unless, he is a citizen of The Bahamas, of the age of thirty years or upwards and has ordinarily resided in The Bahamas for a period of not less than one year immediately before the date of his appointment.