the Assembly; (ii) or the Deputy Speaker, ceases to be a member of the Assembly otherwise than by reason of the dissolution of the Assembly; (b) where he (i) is convicted of a criminal offence, punishable by imprisonment by a court in any part of the Commonwealth; (ii) is adjudged or otherwise declared bankrupt in any part of the Commonwealth; or (iii) is adjudged to be of unsound mind or is detained as a criminal lunatic under any law in force in Mauritius; and the Assembly passes a resolution supported by the votes of a majority of all the members requiring his removal from office; (4) (c) where he becomes a Minister; (d) where the Assembly passes a resolution supported by the votes of twothirds of all the members requiring his removal from office; (e) where the Assembly first sits after any general election; (f) in the case of the Deputy Speaker, when the Assembly first sits after being prorogued; (g) in the case of a Speaker who is not a member of the Assembly, where, without leave of the President previously obtained, he is absent from the sittings of the Assembly for a continuous period of 3 months during any session for any reason other than his being in lawful custody, in Mauritius; (h) where he becomes a party to any contract with the Government for or on account of the public service, or where any firm in which he is a partner or any company of which he is a director or manager becomes a party to any such contract, or where he becomes a partner in a firm or a director or manager of a company which is a party to any such contract, or where he becomes a trustee, manager or, with his consent, a beneficiary of a trust which is a party to any such contract. Where the office of the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker becomes vacant at anytime, the Assembly, in the manner specified in subsection (1), shall, unless it is sooner dissolved, elect (a) from among its members or otherwise, a Speaker (b) from among its members, a Deputy Speaker.