(4) Where a bill is presented to the Governor for assent he shall within thirty days thereof signify that he assents
or that he withholds assent.
(5) Where the Governor withholds assent and the bill is again passed by the House of Assembly by two-thirds
majority, the bill shall become law and the assent of the Governor shall not be required.
101. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, a House of Assembly shall have power to regulate its own
procedure, including the procedure for summoning and recess of the House.
102. A House of Assembly may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership, and the presence or
participation of any person not entitled to be present at or to participate in the proceedings of the House shall not
invalidate such proceedings.
103. (1) A House of Assembly may appoint a committee of its members for any special or general purpose as in
its opinion would be better regulated and managed by means of such a committee, and may by resolution,
regulation or otherwise as it thinks fit delegate any functions exercisable by it to any such committee.
(2) The number of members of a committee appointed under this section, their term of office and quorum shall
be fixed by the House of Assembly.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorising a House of Assembly to delegate to a committee the
power to decide whether a bill shall be passed into Law or to determine any matter which it is empowered to
determine by resolution under the provisions of this Constitution, but such a committee of the House may be
authorised to make recommendations to the House on any such matter.
104. A House of Assembly shall sit for a period of not less than one hundred and eighty-one days in a year.
105. (1) A House of Assembly shall stand dissolved at the expiration of a period of four years commencing from
the date of the first sitting of the House.
(2) If the Federation is at war in which the territory of Nigeria is physically involved and the President considers
that it is not practicable to hold elections, the National Assembly may by resolution extend the period of four
years mentioned in subsection (1) of this section from time to time but not beyond a period of six months at any
one time.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the person elected as the Governor of a State shall have power
to issue a proclamation for the holding of the first session of the House of Assembly of the State concerned
immediately after his being sworn in, or for its dissolution as provided in this section.
C -Qualification for Membership of House of Assembly and Right of Attendance
106. Subject to the provisions of section 107 of this Constitution, a person shall be qualified for election as a
member of a House of Assembly if –
(a) he is a citizen of Nigeria;
(b) he has attained the age of thirty years;
(c) he has been educated up to at least the School Certificate level or its equivalent; and
(d) he is a member of a political party and is sponsored by that party.
107. (1) No person shall be qualified for election to a House of Assembly if (a) subject to the provisions of Section 28 of this Constitution, he has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a
country other than Nigeria or, except in such cases as may be prescribed by the National Assembly, has made a
declaration of allegiance to such a country;
(b) under any law in force in any part of Nigeria, he is adjudged to be a lunatic or otherwise declared to be of
unsound mind;
(c) he is under a sentence of death imposed on him by any competent court of law or tribunal in Nigeria or a
sentence of imprisonment or fine for an offence involving dishonesty or fraud (by whatever name called) or any
other offence imposed on him by such a court or tribunal substituted by a competent authority for any other
sentence imposed on him by such a court or tribunal;