Constitution of Zambia (Amendment)
77.
[No. 2 of 2016
(1) Subject to this Article and Article 78, the National
Assembly shall regulate its own procedure and make Standing
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Procedure of
National
Assembly
Orders for the conduct of its business.
(2)
The proceedings of the National Assembly shall not be
invalid due to—
(a) a vacancy in its membership; or
(b) the presence or participation of a person not entitled to be
present at, or to participate in, the proceedings of the
National Assembly.
(3) There shall preside at a sitting of the National Assembly—
(a) the Speaker;
(b) in the absence of the Speaker, the First Deputy Speaker;
(c) in the absence of the First Deputy Speaker, the Second
Deputy Speaker; or
(d) in the absence of the Second Deputy Speaker, another
Member of Parliament as the members may elect for
that sitting.
(4)
The quorum for a meeting of the National Assembly shall
be one-third of the Members of Parliament.
78.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, a
question proposed for decision in the National Assembly shall be
Voting in
National
Assembly
determined by a majority of the Members of Parliament present
and voting.
(2) On a question proposed for decision in the National Assembly —
(a) the Speaker shall have no vote; and
(b) in the case of a tie, the question shall be lost.
7. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Articles 80 to
90 inclusive and the substitution therefor of the following:
Repeal and
replacement
of Articles 80
to 90