38 or a local administrator for a period of not less than five years up to the date of application for selection; (8) being an ascendant, spouse or child of a Member of the House of Representatives, a Senator, a political official, a member of a local assembly or a local administrator, a candidate for selection to become a Senator for the same session, or a person holding office in the Constitutional Court or in an Independent Organ; (9) having held office as a Senator under this Constitution. Section 109. The term of the Senate is five years from the date the result of the selection is announced. Membership of the Senate commences on the date on which the Election Commission announces the result of the selection. Upon expiration of the term of the Senate, the Senators shall remain in office to perform duties until there are new Senators. Section 110. Upon expiration of the term of the Senate, there shall be a selection of new Senators under section 107 paragraph five. Section 111. Membership of the Senate terminates upon: (1) expiration of the term of the Senate; (2) death; (3) resignation; (4) being disqualified or being under any of the prohibitions under section 108; (5) having been absent for more than one-fourth of the number of days in a session the length of which is not less than one hundred and twenty days without permission of the President of the Senate; (6) being sentenced by a final judgment to imprisonment, notwithstanding the suspension of the sentence, except for an offence committed through negligence, a petty offence or a defamation offence; (7) committing an act which is in contravention with section 113, or an act which is prohibited under section 184 or section 185; (8) vacating office on the grounds under section 144 or section 235 paragraph three. Section 112. A person who has held office as a Senator and whose membership has terminated for a period of not more than two years shall not be a Minister or a person holding a political position, except for being a member of a local assembly or a local administrator.