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101. Nevis Island Assembly
(1) The Nevis Island Assembly shall consist of:
(a) such number of elected members as corresponds with the number of electoral districts for the time being established under section 50, as applied with modifications by section 104(1); and
(b) three nominated members or such greater number (not exceeding two-thirds of the number of elected members) as may be prescribed by the Nevis Island Legislature.
(2) Of the nominated members,
(a) one-third of their number shall be appointed by the Governor-General in accordance with the advice of the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly; and
(b) the others shall be appointed by the Governor-General in accordance with the advice of the Premier.
(3) Without prejudice to sections 27 and 28, as applied with modifications by section 104(1), a person shall not be qualified for election to the Assembly unless, at the time when the election is held, he or she would be entitled to vote in elections of Representatives held in the island of Nevis.
(4) For the purposes of section 29(2), as applied with modifications by section 104(1), the provision made by Parliament in relation to the election of elected members of the Assembly shall be such that the persons entitled to vote in elections of such elected members are persons entitled to vote in elections of Representatives in the island of Nevis.
(5) If a person who is not a member of the Assembly is elected to be president of the Assembly he or she shall, by virtue of holding the office of president, be a member of the Assembly.
(6) Any person who sits or votes in the Assembly knowing or having reasonable grounds for knowing that he or she is not entitled to do so shall be guilty of a criminal offence and liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or such other sum as may be prescribed by the Nevis Island Legislature, for each day on which he or she so sits or votes in the Assembly.
(7) Any prosecution for an offence under subsection (6) shall be instituted in the High Court and shall not be so instituted except by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
(8) In subsection (2) “one-third” means, in relation to a number of nominated members that is not a multiple of three, one-third of the next higher number that is such a multiple.