<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id3489e06c-4db1-11e6-b6b8-b89059f1d6dc" identifier="/us/usc/t48/s1753"><num value="1753">§ 1753.</num><heading> Qualifications for office of Delegate</heading>
<chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">To be eligible for the office of Delegate a candidate shall—</chapeau><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id3489e06d-4db1-11e6-b6b8-b89059f1d6dc" identifier="/us/usc/t48/s1753/1"><num value="1">(1)</num><content> be at least 25 years of age on the date of the election;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id3489e06e-4db1-11e6-b6b8-b89059f1d6dc" identifier="/us/usc/t48/s1753/2"><num value="2">(2)</num><content> have been a citizen of the United States for at least 7 years prior to the date of the election;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id3489e06f-4db1-11e6-b6b8-b89059f1d6dc" identifier="/us/usc/t48/s1753/3"><num value="3">(3)</num><content> be a resident and domiciliary of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for at least 7 years prior to the date of the election;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id3489e070-4db1-11e6-b6b8-b89059f1d6dc" identifier="/us/usc/t48/s1753/4"><num value="4">(4)</num><content> be qualified to vote in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on the date of the election; and</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id3489e071-4db1-11e6-b6b8-b89059f1d6dc" identifier="/us/usc/t48/s1753/5"><num value="5">(5)</num><content> not be, on the date of the election, a candidate for any other office.</content>
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<sourceCredit id="id3489e072-4db1-11e6-b6b8-b89059f1d6dc">(<ref href="/us/pl/110/229/tVII">Pub. L. 110–229, title VII</ref>, § 713, <date date="2008-05-08">May 8, 2008</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/122/868">122 Stat. 868</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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