23. [Qualifications of Senator.] The Qualifications of a Senator shall be as follows:
(1.) He shall be of the full age of Thirty Years:
(2.) He shall be either a Natural-born Subject of the Queen, or a
Subject of the Queen naturalized by an Act of the Parliament of
Great Britain, or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, or of the Legislature of One of the Provinces
of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Canada, Nova Scotia, or New
Brunswick, before the Union, or of the Parliament of Canada after
the Union:
(3.) He shall be legally or equitably seised as of Freehold for his own
Use and Benefit of Lands or Tenements held in Free and Common
Socage, or seised or possessed for his own Use and Benefit of Lands
or Tenements held in Franc-alleu or in Roture, within the Province
for which he is appointed, of the Value of Four thousand Dollars,
over and above all Rents, Dues, Debts, Charges, Mortgages, and
Incumbrances due or payable out of or charged on or affecting the
same:
(4.) His Real and Personal Property shall be together worth Four
thousand Dollars over and above his Debts and Liabilities:
(5.) He shall be resident in the Province for which he is appointed:
(6.) In the case of Quebec he shall have his Real Property Qualification
in the Electoral Division for which he is appointed, or shall be
resident in that Division.
24. [Summons of Senator.] The Governor General shall from Time to Time, in the Queen's Name, by Instrument under the Great Seal of Canada, summon qualified Persons to the Senate; and, subject to the Provisions of this Act, every Person so summoned shall become and be a Member of the Senate and a Senator.
25. [Summons of First Body of Senators.] Such Persons shall be first summoned to the Senate as the Queen by Warrant under Her Majesty's Royal Sign Manual thinks fit to approve, and their Names shall be inserted in the Queen's Proclamation of Union.
26. [Addition of Senators in certain Cases.] If at any Time on the Recommendation of the Governor General the Queen thinks fit to direct that Three or Six Members be added to the Senate, the Governor General may by Summons to Three or Six qualified Persons (as the Case may be), representing equally the Three Divisions of Canada, add to the Senate accordingly.
27. [Reduction of Senate to normal number.] In case of such Addition being at any Time made, the Governor General shall not summon any Person to the Senate, except on a further like Direction by the Queen on the like Recommendation, until each of the Three Divisions of Canada is represented by Twenty-four Senators and no more.
28. [Maximum Number of Senators.] The Number of Senators shall not at any Time exceed Seventy-eight.
29. [Tenure of Place in Senate.] A Senator shall, subject to the Provisions of this Act, hold his Place in the Senate for Life.
30. [Resignation of Place in Senate.] A Senator may by Writing under his Hand addressed to the Governor General resign his Place in the Senate, and thereupon the same shall be vacant.
31. [Disqualification of Senators.] The Place of a Senator shall become vacant in any of the following Cases:—