South Australian Current Acts

CONSTITUTION ACT 1934 - SECT 31

31—Vacation of seat in Assembly

        (1)         If any member of the House of Assembly—

            (a)         for twelve sitting days consecutively of any session of the House of Assembly without the permission of the House entered upon its journals fails to attend in the House; or

            (ab)         is not or ceases to be an Australian citizen; or

            (b)         takes any oath or makes any declaration or acknowledgment of allegiance, obedience, or adherence to any foreign prince or power; or

            (c)         does, concurs in, or adopts any act whereby the member may become a subject or citizen of any foreign state or power; or

            (e)         becomes bankrupt or an insolvent debtor within the meaning of the laws in force in the State relating to bankrupts or insolvent debtors; or

            (f)         becomes a public defaulter; or

            (g)         is attainted of treason; or

            (h)         is convicted of an indictable offence; or

                  (i)         becomes of unsound mind,

the member's seat in the House of Assembly shall thereby become vacant.

        (2)         The seat of a member of the House of Assembly is not vacated because the member acquires or uses a foreign passport or travel document.