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(2) He shall be either a natural-born subject of the King or 
a subject of the King naturalized by an Act of the Parliament 
of Great Britain, or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, .or of the Legislature of one of 
the Provinces of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Canada, 
Nova Scotia, or New Brunswick, before the Union, or of the 
Parliament of Canada after the Union ; 
(3) He shall be legally or equitably seised as of freehold 
for his own use and benefit of lands or tenements held in 
free and common socage, or seised or possessed for his own 
use and benefit of lands or tenements held in franc-alleu or 
in roture, within the province for which he is appointed, 
of the value of four thousand dollars over and above all 
rents, dues, debts, charges, mortgages, and encumbrances 
due or payable out of or charged on or affecting the same ; 
(4) His real and personal property shall be together worth 
four thousand dollars over and above his debts and liabilities : 
(5) He shall be resident in the province for which he is 
appointed ; 
(6) In the case of Quebec he shall have his real property 
qualification in the electoral division for which he is 
appointed or shall be resident in that division. 
A Senator may, however, resign ;! and his place shall 
become vacant in any of the following cases :— 2 
(1) If for two consecutive sessions of the Parliament he 
fails to give his attendance in the Senate ; 
(2) If he takes an oath or makes a declaration or acknow- 
ledgement 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 ; 
(3) If he is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or applies for 
the benefit of any law relating to insolvent debtors, or bes 
comes a public defaulter ; 
(4) If he is attainted of treason or convicted of felony or 
of any infamous crime ; 
(5) 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. 
30 Vict. ¢. 3, s. 30. 
* 30 Viet. c. 3, s. 31,