Constitution of Zambia (Amendment)
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The Constitutional Court shall, where it decides that the
situation in clause (4) exists, inform the President and the President
shall dissolve Parliament.
(8)
Where Parliament is dissolved under clauses (3) and (4),
the President shall, until the President-elect assumes office, continue
to perform the executive functions, in accordance with Article 104.
(9)
Where Parliament is dissolved under clauses (3) and (4),
general elections shall be held within ninety days of the dissolution.
(10)
The President may, due to a state of war, state of public
emergency or threatened state of public emergency, after the
dissolution of Parliament and before the holding of general elections,
recall the National Assembly that was dissolved.
(11)
The President may, in consultation with the Speaker,
prorogue Parliament by proclamation.
Speaker, Deputy Speakers and Officers of National
Assembly
82. (1) The Members of Parliament shall elect, by secret ballot,
a Speaker of the National Assembly from a list of names of persons,
who are qualified to be elected as Members of Parliament, but are
not Members of Parliament, submitted to the National Assembly
by—
(a) the President; and
(b) political parties holding seats in the National Assembly.
(2) A person is qualified to be elected as Speaker of the
National Assembly if that person—
(a) is a citizen by birth or descent;
(b) does not have dual citizenship;
(c) has been ordinarily resident in Zambia;
(d) is at least thirty-five years old;
Speaker and
Deputy
Speakers of
National
Assembly