Full text: The Constitution of Canada

28 THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. 
In the other provinces the appeal is to the Judge of the 
County Court, but in British Columbia, if the electoral 
district is not within the jurisdiction of a County Court, the 
appeal is to a Judge of the Superior Court’. 
Voters qualified to vote in respect of income can only be 
registered and vote in the polling district in which they 
reside: other voters are registered and vote where their 
real property is situated, but if the property is partly in 
one polling district and partly in another, they may be 
reoistered and may vote in either district” 
3. QUALIFICATIONS OF ELECTED. 
No property qualification is required of any member of 
the House of Commons. He must be a subject of the Crown 
by birth or naturalization’, and must not be disqualified by 
law from sitting. 
The following persons are so disqualified : 
Members 1. Members of any provincial Legislative Council or 
oki rovin- Tegislative Assembly® This disqualification is not found 
liaments. ip the British North America Act, 1867, but has been 
adopted not only by the Dominion Parliament but by the 
Provincial Assemblies. 
A member of the House on being appointed a member of 
a Provincial Assembly or elected to a Provincial Assembly 
vacates his seat in the House, unless the appointment or 
election was without his consent, and provided (1) he does 
not take his seat in the Provincial Council or Assembly, and 
(2) he resigns such seat within ten days after being notified 
of his election, or if not within the province, then within ten 
days after his arrival there, and (8) gives notice to the 
Speaker of the House of Commons that he has so resigned ®. 
1 R, 8. C. ec. 5, ss. 33, 34, 2 48 and 49 Vie. c. 40, s. T. 
3 R 9 (Cc. 8.8. 20. 4 Ib. c. 13,8. 1. 51b. 8. 8.
	        
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