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of the House of Representatives, or a person qualified to
become such elector, and must have been for three years at
the least a resident within the limits of the Commonwealth
a8 existing at the time when he ig chosen ; (2) must be
a subject of the King, either natural-born or for at least
five years naturalized under a law of the United Kingdom,
or of a Colony which has become or becomes a state, or of
the Commonwealth, or of a state.
There are disqualified as members : Any person being a
Senator, and any person who (1) is under any acknowledgement
 of allegiance, obedience, or adherence to a foreign
power, or is a subject or a citizen, or entitled to the rights or
privileges of a subject or a citizen, of a foreign power; or
(2) is attainted of treason, or has been convicted and is
under sentence, or subject to be sentenced, for any offence
punishable under the law of the Commonwealth or of a state
by imprisonment for one year or longer; or (3) is an undischarged
 bankrupt or insolvent ; or (4) holds any office of
profit under the Crown, or any pension payable during
the pleasure of the Crown out of any of the revenues of the
Commonwealth ; or (5) has any direct or indirect pecuniary
interest in any agreement with the public service of the
Commonwealth, otherwise than as a member and in common
with the other members of an incorporated company consisting
 of more than twenty-five persons. By the Commonwealth
 Electoral Act, 1902, no person is entitled to be
nominated as a member who is at the date of nomination, or
was within fourteen days previously, a member of a State
Parliament. Conviction for certain electoral offences disqualifies.
 A seat may be resigned, and is vacated by two
months’ absence without leave, on the occurrence of any
disqualification, bankruptcy or insolvency, and the acceptance
 of a fee for services to the Commonwealth or in Parliament
 to a state or private person.
In New South Wales the qualification and disqualifications
are as follows, under Act No. 32 of 1902, and No. 41 of 1906 :—
The qualification for membership is being a man of or above
twenty-one years of age, and a natural-born or naturalized
British subject, unless disqualified.