§ 13.
The Senate shall consist of 150 members elected according to general, equal, direct and secret suffrage on a basis of proportional representation. Elections shall be held on Sundays.
§14.
The right to vote for the Senate appertains to all citizens of the Czechoslovak Republic without distinction of sex who are 26 years of age and who comply with the other provisions of the law concerning the constitution and the rights and powers of the senate.
§ 15.
All citizens of the Czechoslovak Republic without distinction of sex who are 45 years of age and who comply with the other conditions concerning the constitution and the rights and powers of the Senate are eligible to the Senate.
§ 16.
The term for which the Senate is elected shall be eight years.
§ 17.
Specific provisions as to the exercise of the suffrage and the manner of elections are set forth in the law governing the constitution and law of the Senate.
§ 18.
No person may be at the same time a member of both chambers.
§ 19.
1. An electoral court shall pass upon the validity of elections to Parliament.
2. Details shall be settled by law.
§ 20.
1. If a Civil Servant become a member of Parliament, he shall be granted leave automatically pending his term in Parliament; he shall be entitled to his regular salary, but with no local allowances, and he shall retain from his official duties his right to seniority promotion. University professors are entitled to leave of absence; if they make use of this right, the same provisions apply to them as to other state servants.
2. All other public servants and officials shall have the right to obtain leave pending their term as members of Parliament.
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