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.