b.
c.
d.
be specified therein;
the President shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (16) of section 29, cause to be introduced in
Parliament as soon as it meets, a resolution declaring that a state of Public Emergency exists and subject as
aforesaid, no other business shall be transacted in Parliament until that resolution has been passed or
defeated;
if the resolution is passed by Parliament with the support of the votes of not less than two-thirds of the
Members thereof, a general election shall be held on the last day of the period of six months beginning with
the date of the original dissolution of the Parliament which has been recalled or such earlier date as the
President shall appoint, and the Parliament that has been recalled shall be deemed to be the Parliament for
the time being and may meet and be kept in session accordingly until the date fixed for nomination of
candidates in that general election, and unless previously dissolved, shall then stand dissolved;
if the resolution is defeated or is passed with the support of the votes of less than two-thirds of the Members
of Parliament or has not been put to the vote within five days after it has been introduced, the Parliament
that has been recalled shall then be again dissolved and a general election shall be held not later than the
ninetieth day after the date of the Proclamation by which the Parliament was so recalled or such earlier date
as the President may by Proclamation appoint.
(3) When Parliament is recalled under this section after having been dissolved—
a.
b.
the session of that Parliament held next before that dissolution; and
the session or sessions of that Parliament held between the date of its first sitting and of the next dissolution
thereafter,
shall be deemed together to form one session.
PART III — PROCEDURE OF PARLIAMENT
Presiding in Parliament.
88. There shall preside at any sitting of Parliament—
a.
b.
c.
the Speaker; or
in the absence of the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker; or
in the absence of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, such Member of Parliament as may be elected for
that purpose:
Provided that when the President addresses Parliament or attends in person, the Speaker shall leave his chair and
no other person shall preside during such address or attendance.
Quorum in Parliament.
89. If objection is taken by any Member of Parliament that there are present in Parliament (besides the person
presiding) less than one-fourth of all the Members of Parliament and the person presiding shall be so satisfied he
shall thereupon adjourn Parliament.
Use of English in
Parliament.
90. The business of Parliament shall be conducted in the English Language.
Voting in Parliament.
91. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, any question proposed for decision in Parliament shall be
determined by a majority of the votes of the Members present and voting.
(2) The person presiding in Parliament may cast a vote whenever necessary to avoid an equality of votes but shall not
vote in any other case; if the person presiding does not exercise his casting vote the question proposed for discussion
in Parliament shall be deemed to be rejected.
(3) The rules of procedure of Parliament may provide that the vote of a Member upon a question in which he has a
direct pecuniary interest shall be disallowed and if any such provision is made a Member whose vote is disallowed in
accordance therewith shall be deemed not to have voted.
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