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APPENDIX. 
Disqualifi- ~~ 31. The place of a Senator shall become vacant in any of the 
gation of following cases :—. 
Senators. 
(1) If for two consecutive Sessions of the Parliament he fails 
to give his attendance in the Senate: 
If he takes an oath or makes a declaration or acknow- 
ledgment of allegiance, obedience, or adherence to a 
Foreign Power, or does an act whereby he becomes a 
Subject or Citizen, or entitled to the rights or privileges 
of a Subject or Citizen of a Foreign Power : 
If he is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or applies for 
she benefit of any law relating to insolvent debtors, or 
becomes a public defaulter : 
If he is attainted of treason or convicted of felony or of 
any infamous crime : 
If he ceases to be qualified in respect of property or of 
residence ; provided that a Senator shall not be deemed 
to have ceased to be qualified in respect of residence by 
reason only of his residing at the Seat of the Government 
of Canada while holding an office under that Government 
requiring his presence there. 
Sa 32. When a vacancy happens in the Senate by resignation, 
cancy in death, or otherwise, the Governor-General shall by summons to a 
Senate. ft and qualified person fill the vacancy. 
Questions 
as to 33. If any question arises respecting the qualification of a 
i Senator, or a vacancy in the Senate, the same shall be heard and 
Vacancies determined bv the Senate, 
in Senate. 
(4) 
Appoint- 34. The Governor-General may from time to time, by 
ment of ip ctiment under the Great Seal of Canada, appoint a Senator to 
Speaker of X 
Senate. be Speaker of the Senate, and may remove him and appoint another 
in his stead. 
Quorumof 35. Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, the 
Benghe. presence of at least fifteen Senators, including the Speaker, shall 
be necessary to constitute a meeting of the Senate for the exercise 
of its powers. 
Voting in 
Senate. 
36. Questions arising in the Senate shall be decided by a 
majority of voices, and the Speaker shall in all cases have a vote, 
and when the voices are equal the decision shall be deemed to be 
in the negative.