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Article 154
 

Persons ineligible to Congress of Deputies and Senate


1. In addition to persons falling within Section 6 of this Act, any person discharging a function or holding an office or position appointed and paid for by a foreign State shall be ineligible as member of the Congress of Deputies or as Senator.


2. Not are eligible to Congress of Deputies, Presidents and members of the Government of Selfgoverning Communities and holders of any office freely appointed by said regional governments and members of autonomous bodies (instituciones autónomas) who by law or under a Regional Statute are to be elected by the Legislative Assembly of the Self-Governing Community. 


3. Nobody can simultaneously stand as candidate to Congress of Deputies and Senate.