(a)
(b)
The Speaker and the 93.
Deputy Speaker
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Clerk of the 94
National Assembly
Remuneration 95.
and allowances
PART 2:
General election 96.
require that a petition for recall shall be supported
by at least one-third of the registered voters in the
constituency and
prescribe the grounds for recall and the powers of,
and procedures to be adopted by, the IEC on
receipt of such a petition.
The Speaker of the National Assembly and the deputy
Speaker shall be elected by the members of the Assembly
from among the nominated members.
The Chief Justice shall preside at the election of a Speaker.
Unless he or she sooner dies or resigns the Speaker and the
Deputy Speaker shall vacate their respective offices(a)
if he or she ceases to be a member of the National
Assembly,
(b)
if he or she is removed from that office by a
resolution of the National Assembly supported by
the votes of not less than two-thirds of all the
members of the National Assembly.
Persons elected to the office of Speaker or Deputy Speaker
shall, before assuming the duties of their respective offices
take the prescribed oaths.
No business shall be transacted in the National Assembly
other than the election of the Speaker or Deputy Speaker
when either of those offices is vacant.
(1)
There shall be a Clerk of the National Assembly who shall
be appointed by the National Assembly
(2)
The office of the clerk of the national Assembly and
the offices of members of his or her staff shall be offices in
the public service.
The Speaker, the Deputy Speaker and the other members of the
National Assembly shall receive such remuneration and benefits,
including retirement benefits, as an Act of the National assembly
may prescribe.
THE MEETING AND DISSOLUTION OF THE NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY
There shall be a general election of all the members of the National
Assembly which shall be held three months after the date of
election of office of the President.
Session of the 97.
(1)
Of the National assembly
The first session of the National Assembly after a general
election shall be held in such place in The Gambia as the
President may, by Proclamation, appoint.