Section 121: Qualifications and disqualifications for election as Senator

(1) A person is qualified for election as a Senator referred to in section 120(1)    (a) or     (d) if he or she—

    (a) is registered as a voter; and

    (b) is at least forty years of age; unless he or she is disqualified under subsection (4) or (5).

(2) A person is qualified for election as a Senator Chief referred to in section 120(1)    (b) if he or she—

    (a) holds the office of Chief; and

    (b) is registered as a voter; unless he or she is disqualified under subsection (4) or (5).

(3) A person is qualified for election as a Senator referred to in section 120(1)    (d) if he or she is a person with a disability as defined in the Electoral Law, unless he or she is disqualified under subsection (4) or (5).

(4) A person is disqualified for election as a Senator if—

    (a) he or she is disqualified under the Fourth Schedule for registration as a voter; or

    (b) within five years before the election, he or she vacated a seat in the Senate or the

National Assembly in terms of section 129(1)          (i) through having been convicted of an

offence.

(5) A person is disqualified for election at a by-election in the Senate if he or she is a Member of Parliament.