Example sentences of "is vested in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Legislative authority is vested in a Chamber of Representatives elected for a six-year term and comprising 306 members , of whom 206 are directly elected by universal adult suffrage , and the remainder by an electoral college composed of local councillors and representatives of professional bodies . |
| 2 | As a result of constitutional reforms adopted by referendum in April 1983 , legislative power is vested in a unicameral Legislative Assembly ( which replaced the National Assembly of Community Representatives in 1984 ) consisting of 67 members elected for five-year terms by universal and compulsory adult suffrage . |
| 3 | Legislative power is vested in a bicameral National Congress consisting of a 400-member Federal Chamber of Deputies elected every three years ( 300 by majority vote in single-member constituencies and the remaining 100 by proportional representation from minority parties ' lists ) and a 64-member Senate ( comprising two senators from each state and two from the Federal District ) elected at the same time as the President . |
| 4 | Legislative authority is vested in a popularly elected bicameral Diet which is composed of a 512-member House of Representatives ( or Lower House , elected for up to four years ) and a House of Councillors ( or Upper House , whose 252 members are elected for six years , with half being due for re-election every three years ) . |
| 5 | Legislative power is vested in a 496-member National Assembly , to which elections were held on April 19 , 1987 [ see p. 35255 ] . |
| 6 | Legislative authority is vested in a bicameral National Congress , comprising the Chamber of Deputies ( consisting of 180 members elected for a five-year term ) and the Senate ( consisting of 60 members elected for a five-year term along with the former Presidents of constitutional governments who have the status of life senators ) . |
| 7 | Legislative power is vested in a bicameral National Congress consisting of a Senate of at least 30 members and a Chamber of Deputies of at least 60 members , both directly elected for five-year terms ( subject to dissolution ) at the same time as the President . |
| 8 | In the Republic of San Marino legislative power is vested in a 60-member Grand and General Council elected every five years by universal adult suffrage according to proportional representation . |
| 9 | Legislative authority is vested in a 50-member unicameral parliament , which is similarly elected by universal adult suffrage for a five-year term . |
| 10 | Legislative power is vested in a unicameral National Legislative Council ( CNL ) , elected for a five-year term ( most recently in September 1987 — see p. 35748 ) by compulsory , direct and universal adult suffrage , all candidates being proposed by the MPR . |
| 11 | Under its terms legislative authority is vested in a bicameral popularly elected Congress consisting of a House of Representatives of up to 250 members and a 24-member Senate . |
| 12 | Under the terms of the 1947 Constitution legislative authority is vested in a National Assembly which receives legislative proposals from the Legislative Yuan . |
| 13 | Under its 1958 Constitution ( revised in 1960 , 1962 , 1963 , 1974 and 1976 ) executive power in the Fifth French Republic is vested in a President , who is directly elected for a seven-year term by universal suffrage and by an absolute majority of votes cast . |
| 14 | Legislative power is vested in a bicameral parliament consisting of a 183-member National Council ( Nationalrat , the lower house ) and a 63-member Federal Council ( Bundesrat , the upper house ) , which together form the Federal Assembly ( Bundesversammlung ) . |
| 15 | Legislative power is vested in a single-chamber National Assembly , elections to which are held every five years ; in the most recent elections in November 1985 the 175 seats were contested by 546 candidates of the ruling and sole legal party , the Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Party ( Parti démocratique de la Côte d'Ivoire — PDCI ) . |
| 16 | Legislative power is vested in a bicameral Parliament , which consists of a 60-member House of Representatives popularly elected for up to five years , and a 21-member appointed Senate . |
| 17 | Legislative power is vested in a bicameral Parliament consisting of a popularly elected House of Assembly and an appointed Senate . |
| 18 | Legislative power is vested in a unicameral National Assembly consisting of a Speaker , three senators ( appointed by the Governor General in accordance with the wishes of the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition ) and 11 representatives who are popularly elected . |
| 19 | Legislative power is vested in a bicameral Parliament , the lower chamber of which is popularly elected for up to five years . |
| 20 | Legislative power is vested in a bicameral Parliament composed of a House of Representatives which is popularly elected for five years and a Senate appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister ( currently Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson ) and of the Leader of the Opposition . |
| 21 | Legislative power is vested in a bicameral parliament , with a lifetime of up to five years , which consists of an elected House of Representatives and a 13-member appointed Senate . |
| 22 | Legislative power is vested in a bicameral Parliament ( consisting of a House of Assembly which is popularly elected every five years , and an appointed Senate ) , to which the Prime Minister and Cabinet are responsible and upon whose advice they are appointed to office by the Governor General . |
| 23 | Legislative power is vested in a bicameral Parliament consisting of an appointed Senate and a 17-member House of Assembly which is popularly elected for a five-year term . |
| 24 | Legislative authority is vested in a unicameral National Assembly which sits for five years and consists of six appointed Senators and 15 popularly elected representatives . |
| 25 | Executive power in internal affairs is vested in a Council of Ministers , responsible to the 21-seat Staten ( parliament ) , which is elected for a four-year term by universal adult suffrage , most recently in January 1989 , when the People 's Electoral Movement ( Movimento Electoral di Pueblo — MEP ) won 10 seats , and with the support of the Aruban Patriotic party ( Partido Patriótico Arubano — PPA ) and the National Democratic Action ( Acción Democrático Nacional — ADN ) formed a government [ see p. 37075 ] . |
| 26 | Executive power in internal affairs is vested in a Council of Ministers , responsible to the 22-seat Staten ( parliament ) , which is elected for a four-year term by universal adult suffrage , most recently in March 1990 , when Prime Minister Maria Liberia Peters 's National People 's Party ( Partido Nashonal di Pueblo — PNP ) won seven seats and continued to lead a coalition government . |
| 27 | Legislative power is vested in a unicameral National Parliament , the 109 members of which are elected for up to five years by universal adult suffrage . |
| 28 | Legislative authority is vested in a unicameral National Parliament , the 38 members of which are popularly elected for up to four years . |
| 29 | Legislative authority is vested in a unicameral Parliament , the 46 members of which are elected for four years on the basis of universal adult franchise . |
| 30 | Legislative authority is vested in a unicameral 12-member Parliament which is popularly elected for up to four years . |