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original vote nor a casting vote and if upon any question before the Assembly the
votes are equally divided the motion shall be lost.
[Ch0000s75] 75. Unqualified persons sitting or voting
Any person who sits or votes in the National Assembly knowing or having
reasonable grounds for knowing that he or she is not entitled to do so shall be
liable to a penalty not exceeding P50 or such other sum as may be prescribed by
Parliament for each day on which he or she so sits or votes in the Assembly, which
shall be recoverable by action in the High Court at the suit of the
Attorney-General.
[Ch0000s76] 76. Regulation of procedure in Assembly
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the National Assembly
may regulate its own procedure.
(2) The National Assembly may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its
membership (including any vacancy not filled when the Assembly first meets after any
dissolution) and the presence or participation of any person not entitled to be
present or to participate in the proceedings of the Assembly shall not invalidate
those proceedings.
PART III
Ntlo ya Dikgosi (ss 77-85) 9 of 2005, s.10.
[Ch0000s77] 77. Establishment and composition of Ntlo ya Dikgosi 9 of 2005, s. 11.
(1) There shall be a Ntlo ya Dikgosi for Botswana which shall consist of not
less than 33 nor more than 35 Members which shall be constituted as follows—
(a)
one person from each of the following areas, which person for the
time being performs the functions of the office of Kgosi in respect of such areas(i)
Barolong Farms in the Southern District,
(ii)
Chobe in the North West District,
(iii)
Ga Malete in the South East District,
(iv)
Ga Mmangwato in the Central District,
(v)
Ghanzi District,
(vi)
Goo Tawana in the North West District,
(vii)
Kgalagadi District,
(viii) Kgatleng District,
(ix)
Kweneng District,
(x)
Ngwaketse in the Southern District,
(xi)
North East District, and
(xii)
Tlokweng in the South East District;
(b)
five persons who shall be appointed by the President; and
(c)
such number of persons, not being more than 20, as may be selected
under section 78(4)(c) of this Constitution.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1)(a), the number of
persons referred to in that subsection may, by virtue of section 78 (5), be less
than 12, but not less than 10.
[Ch0000s78] 78. Designation and selection of Members to Ntlo ya Dikgosi 9 of 2005,
s. 12.
(1) Except for the areas of Ghanzi, Chobe, Kgalagadi and North East, the
Members for the areas referred to in section 77(1)(a) shall be designated to the
Ntlo ya Dikgosi according to the established norms and practices of those areas.
(2)The Members for the Ghanzi, Chobe, Kgalagadi and North-East areas
referred to in section 77(1)(a) shall be selected, from their own number, to the
Ntlo ya Dikgosi by persons for the time being performing the functions of the office
of Kgosi within each of those areas.
(3) For the purpose of selecting the Members under section 77(1)(c), there
shall be 20 regions, as listed in the Second Schedule to this Constitution, the
boundaries of which shall be defined by an Act of Parliament.
(4) There shall be a Regional Electoral College for each region composed of
paid Dikgosana from that region up to and including a Kgosi, which shall—
(a)
when necessary, meet at a Kgotla or other suitable venue;
(b)
be chaired by a senior government official appointed by the Minister
responsible for local government; and
(c)
select a Member to the Ntlo ya Dikgosi for that region by election
or in such other manner as the Regional Electoral College may agree.
(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 77(1)(a) and subsections (2)
and (4)(c) of this section, the areas of Ghanzi and Kgalagadi shall each have the
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