(iv)
for the composition or remission of any debt due to the
Government; or
(b)
proceed upon any motion (including any amendment to a
motion) the effect of which, in the opinion of the person
presiding, would be to make provision for any of those purposes.
82. (1) The President may, at any time, attend and address the National President may
address National
Assembly.
Assembly
(2) The President may send messages to the National Assembly and any
such message shall be read, at the first convenient sitting of the National
Assembly after it is received, by the Vice-President or by a Minister
designated by the President.
83. There shall preside at any sitting of the National Assembly(a)
the Speaker of the National Assembly;
(b)
in the absence of the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker; or
(c)
in the absence of the speaker and of the Deputy Speaker, such
member of the Assembly as the Assembly may elect for that
purpose.
President at
National Assembly
84. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, all questions Voting and quorum
at any sitting of the National Assembly shall be determined by a
majority of votes of the members present and voting other than the
Speaker or the person acting as Speaker as the case may be.
(2) The Speaker or the person acting as such shall not vote in the first
instance, but shall have and exercise a casting vote if there is an equality
of votes.
(3) The National Assembly shall have power to act notwithstanding any
vacancy in the membership thereof, and any proceedings in the National
Assembly shall be valid notwithstanding that it is discovered
subsequently that some person who was not entitled to do so, voted or
otherwise took part in the proceedings.
(4) The quorum for a meeting of the National Assembly shall be one