Disqualification of members holding offices of profit
45 Disqualification of members holding offices of profit
If any member of the Parliament accepts any office of profit or pension from the Crown, during pleasure, excepting those offices which are required by or under this Act or any other Act to be held by members of
Parliament, the member's seat shall be thereupon and is hereby declared to be vacant.
Subsection (1) does not prevent a member of
Parliament from accepting office as a Minister of the Crown or as a
Parliamentary Secretary to a Minister, or a Minister of the Crown from accepting an appointment to act in the office of another
Minister.
If a candidate for election as a member of Parliament holds an office of profit from the Crown the candidate shall, unless he or she resigns that office before the date of the declaration of poll, be incapable of being elected.
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