Comparative provisions in other countries regarding defection of lawmakers: DEFECTION OF LAWMAKERS Belize, Article 59. Tenure of Office of Members (1) Every member of the House of Representatives shall vacate his seat in the House at the next dissolution of the National Assembly after his election. (2) A member of the House of Representatives shall also vacate his seat in the House— (e) if, having been a candidate of a political party and elected to the House of Representatives as a candidate of that political party, he resigns from that political party or crosses the floor. Namibia, Article 48. Vacation of Seats (1) Members of the National Assembly shall vacate their seats: (b) if the political party which nominated them to sit in the National Assembly informs the Speaker that such members are no longer members of such political party. Nepal, Article 49. Vacation of Seats (1) The seat of a member of Parliament shall become vacant in the following circumstances: (f) if the party of which he was a member when elected provides notification in the manner set forth by law that he has abandoned the party. Nigeria, Article 68. Tenure of Seat of Members (g) being a person whose election to the House was sponsored by a political party, he becomes a member of another political party before the expiration of the period for which that House was elected: Seychelles, Article 81. Vacation of Seats (1) A person ceases to be a member of the National Assembly and the seat occupied by that person in the Assembly shall become vacant— 27(h) if, in the case of a proportionally elected member— (i) the political party which nominated the person as member nominates another person as member in place of the first-mentioned person and notifies the Speaker in writing of the new nomination; (ii) the person ceases to be a member of the political party of which that person was a member at the time of the election; Sierra Leone, Article 77. Tenure of Seats of Members of Parliament (1) A Member of Parliament shall vacate his seat in Parliament— (k) if he ceases to be a member of the political party of which he was a member at the time of his election to Parliament and he so informs the Speaker, or the Speaker is so informed by the Leader of that political party; Singapore, Article 46 (2) The seat of a Member of Parliament shall become vacant— (b) if he ceases to be a member of, or is expelled or resigns from, the political party for which he stood in the election; Zimbabwe, Article 41. Tenure of Seats of Members 3(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the seat of a member of Parliament shall become vacant only- (e) if, being a member referred to in section 38 (1) (a) and having ceased to be a member of the political party of which he was a member at the date of his election to Parliament, the political party concerned, by written notice to the Speaker, declares that he has ceased to represent its interests in parliament.
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