Section 77: Parliament.

A Member of Parliament shall vacate his seat in Parliament— a. on the dissolution of Parliament next following his election; or b. if he is elected Speaker of Parliament; or c. if any other circumstances arise that if he were not a Member of Parliament would cause him to be disqualified for election as such under section 76; or d. if he ceases to be a citizen of Sierra Leone; or e. if he is absent from sittings of Parliament for such period and in such circumstances as may be prescribed in the rules of procedure of Parliament; or f. if in the case of such a Member as is referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 74, he becomes a Paramount Chief under any law; or g. if he ceases to be qualified under any law to be registered as an elector for election of Members to Parliament; or h. if he is adjudged to be a lunatic or declared to be of unsound mind or sentenced to death; or i. if he is adjudged or otherwise declared a bankrupt under any law and has not been discharged; or j. if he resigns from office as a Member of Parliament by writing under his hand addressed to the Speaker, or if the Office of Speaker is vacant or the Speaker is absent from Sierra Leone, to the Deputy Speaker; or k. if he ceases to be a member of the political party of which he was a member at the time of his election to Parliament and he so informs the Speaker, or the Speaker is so informed by the Leader of that political party; or l. if by his conduct in Parliament by sitting and voting with members of a different party, the Speaker is satisfied after consultation with the Leader of that Member's party that the Member is no longer a member of the political party under whose symbol he was elected to Parliament; or m. if, being elected to Parliament as an independent candidate, he joins a political party in Parliament; or n. if he accepts office as Ambassador or High Commissioner for Sierra Leone or any position with an International or Regional Organization. (2) Any member of Parliament who has been adjudged to be a lunatic, declared to be of unsound mind, or sentenced to death or imprisonment, may appeal against the decision in accordance with any law provided that the decision shall not have effect until the matter has been finally determined. Determination of question as to membership of