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(3)
A person shall not be eligible to be a member of Parliament if he—
(a) is prohibited from standing election by a law in force in Ghana by reason of his holding or acting
in an office the functions of which involve a responsibility for or are connected with the conduct
of, an election or responsibility for the compilation or revision of an electoral register, or
(b) is a member of the Police Service, the Prisons Service, the Armed Forces, the Judicial Service,
the Legal Service, the Civil Service, the Audit Service, the Parliamentary Service, the Statistical
Service, the Fire Service, the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service, the Immigration Service, or
the Internal Revenue Service; or
(c) is a chief.
(4)
For the purposes of paragraph (d) of clause (2) of this article, in the case of any finding made by a
commission or committee of inquiry which is not a judicial or quasi-judicial commission or committee
of inquiry, without prejudice to any appeal against or judicial review of that finding, the finding shall
not have the effect of disqualifying a person under that paragraph unless it has been confirmed by a
Government white paper.
(5)
A person shall not be taken to be disqualified to be a member of Parliament under paragraph (c) or (d)
of clause (2) of this article if—
(a) ten years or more have passed since the end of the sentence or the date of the publication of the
report of the commission or committee of inquiry; or
(b) he has been pardoned.
95 THE SPEAKER
(1)
There shall be a Speaker of Parliament who shall be elected by the members of Parliament from
among persons who are members of Parliament or who are qualified to be elected as members of
Parliament.
(2)
The Speaker shall vacate his office—
(a) if he becomes a Minister of State or a Deputy Minister, or
(b) if he resigns from office by writing signed by him and addressed to the Clerk to Parliament; or
(c) if any circumstances arise that, if he were not Speaker, would disqualify him for election as a
member of Parliament; or
(d) if he is removed from office by a resolution of Parliament supported by the votes of not less than
three-quarters of all the members of Parliament.
(3)
No business shall be transacted in Parliament other than an election to the office of Speaker, at any
time when the office of Speaker is vacant.
(4)
A person elected to the office of Speaker shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and
subscribe before Parliament the oath of allegiance and the Speaker's oath set out in the Second
Schedule to this Constitution.
(5)
The Speaker shall receive such salary and allowances, and on retirement, such retiring awards as may
be determined in accordance with article 71 of this Constitution.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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