Meanings of declare ineligible in English

Tetuanui has also been declared ineligible for public for a year after being found guilty of corruption in 2002.

Her compatriot Victoria Arlen had to appeal to be allowed to swim after being declared ineligible days before her event.

He assumed the presidency after his predecessor Gaston Flosse was declared ineligible to hold office because of a corruption conviction.

In July 2015 the Oly-Whites were sensationally disqualified from the Olympic qualifying tournament, after defender Deklan Wynne was declared ineligible.

Photo: AFP Flosse has been serving two suspended jail sentences for corruption and been declared ineligible to hold public office twice.

He was also fined $US50,000 and declared ineligible to hold public office for two years.

In one of them he was declared ineligible, because he had forfeited his rights as a Frenchman by his naturalisation in Switzerland.

Four years ago, Cyril Tetuanui was given a suspended jail sentence and declared ineligible for public office for a year by France's highest court.

In June, he was again declared ineligible but by appealing his conviction he can contest the municipal election in March if he so wishes.

Persons found guilty of either receiving or soliciting a bribe are generally disfranchised or declared ineligible for public office for a term of years.

Last year, he was given a suspended two-month prison sentence, fined $US50,000 and declared ineligible to hold public office for two years.