(4A)
No person shall be eligible for election as Speaker unless he is a citizen of
Mauritius.
(4B)
A person elected as Speaker shall not, whilst in office (a)
hold any other office of emolument, whether under the Constitution or
otherwise;
(b)
exercise any profession or calling.
(5)
A person holding the office of Speaker or Deputy Speaker may resign his office by
writing under his hand addressed to the Assembly and the office shall become
vacant when the writing is received by the Clerk to the Assembly.
(6)
No business shall be transacted in the Assembly (other than the election of a
Speaker) at any time when the office of Speaker is vacant.
(7)
Where a motion is presented for the purposes of subsection (3)(b) or (d), the
Speaker or the Deputy Speaker, as the case may be, shall not preside over the
proceedings of the Assembly at that sitting.
(8) (a)
Notwithstanding any pending judicial proceedings by or against the Speaker
or the Deputy Speaker or any thing contained in the Standing Orders of the
Assembly, where a motion is presented to the Speaker by the Prime
Minister for the purposes of subsection (3)(b) or (d), the motion shall (i)
be required to specify the ground for such removal;
(ii)
form part of the business of the Assembly when it first sits after
presentation of the motion;
(iii)
have priority over all other business of the Assembly;
(iv)
be the subject matter of a debate in the Assembly;
(v)
be put to the vote of members at that sitting.
(b) Where a motion presented by the Prime Minister for the purposes of subsection
(3)(b) or (d) does not form part of the business of the Assembly as provided
under paragraph (a)(ii), the Prime Minister may, before the commencement
of the business at the sitting table the text of the motion in the Assembly,
and the motion shall thereupon be dealt with in accordance with this
subsection.
Amended by [Act No. 2 of 1982]; [Act No. 36 of 1990]; [Act No. 1 of 1996]
33.
Qualifications for membership
Subject to section 34, a person shall be qualified to be elected as a member of the
Assembly if, and shall not be so qualified unless, he -