A senator must be a native-born citizen and not less than thirty years of age.
The governor's term of office is two years (before 1879 it was one year); and the constitution further directs that he shall be at least thirty years of age at the beginning of his term, that he shall be a native-born citizen of the United States, that when elected he shall have been a resident of the state for five years, and that he shall reside in the state while in office.
All members of the duke's council were to be native-born Brabanters.
There are two classes of citizens in Venezuela - native-born and naturalized.
Both senators and deputies are elected for terms of six years, and both must be native-born Peruvian citizens in the full enjoyment of their civil rights.