be elected by constituencies in East Pakistan, and the other half by constituencies in West Pakistan.
(2) In addition to the seats for the members mentioned in clause (1), there shall, for a period of ten years from the Constitution day, be ten seats reserved for women members, only of whom five shall be elected by constituencies in East Pakistan, and five by constituencies in West Pakistan; and constituencies shall accordingly be delimited as women’s territorial constituencies for this purpose:
Provided that a woman who, under this clause, is a member of the Assembly at the lime of the expiration of the said period of ten years shall not cease to be a member until the Assembly is dissolved.
(3) Parliament may by Act alter the number of members of the National Assembly, provided that equality of representation between East Pakistan and West Pakistan is preserved.
(4) Parliament may by Act provide for the representation in the National Assembly of any territory which is included in a Province after the Constitution Day, but no such Act shall alter the number of members to be elected by constituencies in that Province.
45. ‘Qualifications and disqualifications for membership.-’ (1) A person shall be qualified to be elected to the National Assembly (a) if he is not less than twenty-five years of age, and is qualified to be an elector for any constituency for the National Assembly under Article 143; and
(b) if he is not disqualified for being a member by the Constitution or an Act of Parliament.
(2) If any question arises whether a member has, after his election, become subject to any disqualification, the Speaker of the National Assembly shall obtain the opinion of the Election Commission and, if the opinion is that the member has incurred any disqualification, his seat shall become vacant.
(3) If any person sits or votes in the National Assembly knowing that he is not qualified for or is disqualified for, membership thereof, he shall be liable in respect of every day on which he so sits or votes to a penalty of five hundred rupees, which may be recovered from him as a debt due to the Federation.
46. ‘Bar against double membership.-’ (1) No Person shall at the same time be a member of the National Assembly for two or more constituencies.
(2) Nothing in clause (1) shall prevent a Person from being at the same time a candidate for two or more constituencies, but if a person has been elected as a member for two or more constituencies and does not, within thirty days of his election by the constituency by which he has been elected last, make a declaration in writing under his hand addressed to the Speaker specifying the constituency which he wishes to represent,
