The members of the Maronite, Armenian and Latin religious groups are entitled to the same political rights as other Cypriot citizens and a Maronite was once elected to the House of Representatives. Furthermore, according to the Religious Group (Representation) Laws of 1970 to 1996 (Sections 3 and 4), a representative of each of these religious groups is elected to the House of Representatives with a consultative status. Each representative is entitled to submit the views of his group on any matter relating to such group or to make necessary representations on such matters relating to his group before any organ or committee of the House of Representatives or any organ or authority of the Republic, with regard to the matters which fell within the competence of the Greek Communal Chamber before this Chamber was abolished and its legislative functions were undertaken by the House of Representatives in 1965, by virtue of Law 12 of 1965.