CHAP. VII] THE UPPER HOUSES 541 
nor from time to time in His Majesty's name by instrument 
under the Public Seal of New Zealand. 
No person shall be summoned or shall hold a seat in the 
Council who is not a male— 
(a) Of the full age of 21 years and either a natural-born 
subject of His Majesty or a subject of His Majesty naturalized 
by or under any Act of the Imperial Parliament, or by an 
Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, or 
(b) Who at any time theretofore has been bankrupt and 
has not received his discharge, or who has been attainted 
or convicted of any treason, any crime formerly known as 
felony, or any infamous offence within any part of His 
Majesty's Dominions, or as a public defaulter in New Zealand, 
unless he received a free pardon, or has undergone the 
sentence or punishment to which he was adjudged in respect 
thereof, or 
{¢) Is a member of Parliament, or 
(d) Who is a contractor, or 
(e) Who is, or within the next preceding six months was, 
a civil servant. This term does not include the persons who 
are members of the Executive Council, provided that such 
members do not exceed 10 in all (2 of which members must 
be Maories or half-castes), nor the Speaker or Chairman of 
Committees of the Council, nor officers of His Majesty’s 
Army or Navy, or Militia or Volunteers, except officers of 
the Militia and Volunteers receiving annual or permanent 
salaries, nor any persons as members only of any Senate 
or Council or any University, nor members of a Commission 
issued by the Governor or Governor in Council. 
Contractor ’ is a person who either by himself or directly 
or indirectly by or with others, but not as a member of 
a registered or incorporated company or any incorporated 
body, is interested in the execution or enjoyment of any 
contract or agreement entered into with His Majesty or 
with any officer or department of the Government of New 
Zealand, or with any person for or on account of the Public 
Service of New Zealand under which any public money above 
the sum of £50 is payable directly or indirectly to such 
person in any one financial year, but does not extend to 
persons on whom the completion of any contract or agree- 
ment devolves by marriage, or as devisee, legatee, executor, 
or administrator until twelve months after he has been in 
possession of the same ; any sale, purchase, or agreement 
for taking of land or of or for any interest, estate, or ease- 
ment therein under any law or statute empowering the King