Gambia (The)

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• Exclusion or Potential Exclusion Based on Disability
• Candidacy or Holding Office

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Section 17 states:

(1) A person qualifies to be elected or nominated as member of the Council if he or she -

• (a) is a citizen of The Gambia and is not less than 21 years of age;
• (b) is a registered voter;
• (c) is ordinarily resident in the Local Government Area in which he or she seeks election;
• (d) is able to speak the English language with degree of proficiency sufficient to enable him or her to take part in the proceedings of the Council…

(3) A person shall not qualify to be elected or nominated as a member of a Council if he or she –

• (a) is of unsound mind;…

(5) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, no person shall be disqualified from being elected or nominated to a Council by reason only of his or her status, position, profession, religion, creed, ethnic origin, race, occupation, traditional standing, gender or physical disability.

 

Section 20, subsection 1 states:
a Chairperson may be removed from office by a Council by a resolution supported by two-thirds of all the members of the Council on any of the following grounds –

• …(d) such physical or mental incapacity as would render him or her incapable of discharging the duties of the office.

 

Section 20, subsection 7 states:
For the purpose of removing the Chairperson under paragraph (d) of subsection (1), the resolution submitted to the Deputy Chairperson under subsection (2) shall –

• (a) state that it is intended to remove the Chairperson on grounds of physical or mental incapacity; and
• (b) give particulars of the alleged incapacity.

 

Section 20, subsection 8 states:
In the case of removal under paragraph (d) of subsection (1), the Chief Justice shall, within seven days after the receipt of the notice transmitted under subsection (3), and in consultation with the Director of Medical Services, constitute a Medical Board comprising three qualified medical specialists –

• (a) to examine the Chairperson in respect of the alleged incapacity; and
• (b) report its findings to the Council.

 

Excerpts from the Local Government Act (2002)

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Section 17 states:

(1) A person qualifies to be elected or nominated as member of the Council if he or she -

• (a) is a citizen of The Gambia and is not less than 21 years of age;
• (b) is a registered voter;
• (c) is ordinarily resident in the Local Government Area in which he or she seeks election;
• (d) is able to speak the English language with degree of proficiency sufficient to enable him or her to take part in the proceedings of the Council…

(3) A person shall not qualify to be elected or nominated as a member of a Council if he or she –

• (a) is of unsound mind;…

(5) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, no person shall be disqualified from being elected or nominated to a Council by reason only of his or her status, position, profession, religion, creed, ethnic origin, race, occupation, traditional standing, gender or physical disability.

 

Section 20, subsection 1 states:
a Chairperson may be removed from office by a Council by a resolution supported by two-thirds of all the members of the Council on any of the following grounds –

• …(d) such physical or mental incapacity as would render him or her incapable of discharging the duties of the office.

 

Section 20, subsection 7 states:
For the purpose of removing the Chairperson under paragraph (d) of subsection (1), the resolution submitted to the Deputy Chairperson under subsection (2) shall –

• (a) state that it is intended to remove the Chairperson on grounds of physical or mental incapacity; and
• (b) give particulars of the alleged incapacity.

 

Section 20, subsection 8 states:
In the case of removal under paragraph (d) of subsection (1), the Chief Justice shall, within seven days after the receipt of the notice transmitted under subsection (3), and in consultation with the Director of Medical Services, constitute a Medical Board comprising three qualified medical specialists –

• (a) to examine the Chairperson in respect of the alleged incapacity; and
• (b) report its findings to the Council.

 

Excerpts from the Local Government Act (2002)