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(6)
The salary and allowances payable to the Speaker and any retiring awards payable to him on
retirement shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund.
(7)
The salary and other allowances payable to the Speaker shall not be varied to his disadvantage during
his tenure of office.
96 DEPUTY SPEAKERS
(1)
There shall be two Deputy Speakers of Parliament—
(a) who shall be elected by the members of Parliament from among the members of Parliament; and
(b) both of whom shall not be members of the same political party.
(2)
The members of Parliament shall elect a person to the office of Deputy Speaker when Parliament first
meets after a dissolution of Parliament and if the office becomes vacant otherwise than by reason of a
dissolution of Parliament, at the first sitting of Parliament after the office becomes vacant.
(3)
The provisions of clause (2) of article 95 of this Constitution shall apply in the case of a Deputy
Speaker.
97 TENURE OF OFFICE OF MEMBERS
(1)
A member of Parliament shall vacate his seat in Parliament—
(a) upon a dissolution of Parliament; or
(b) if he is elected as Speaker of Parliament; or
(c) if he is absent, without the permission in writing of the Speaker and he is unable to offer a
reasonable explanation to the Parliamentary Committee on Privileges from fifteen sittings of a
meeting of Parliament during any period that Parliament has been summoned to meet and
continues to meet; or
(d) if he is expelled from Parliament after having been found guilty of contempt of Parliament by a
committee of Parliament; or
(e) if any circumstances arise such that, if he were not a member of Parliament, would cause him to
be disqualified or ineligible for election, under article 94 of this Constitution; or
(f) if he resigns from office as a member of Parliament by writing under his hand addressed to the
Speaker; or
(g) if he leaves the party of which he was a member at the time of his election to Parliament to join
another party or seeks to remain in Parliament as an independent member; or
(h) if he was elected a member of Parliament as an independent candidate and joins a political party.
(2)
Notwithstanding paragraph (g) of clause (1) of this article, a merger of parties at the national level
sanctioned by the parties' constitutions or membership of a coalition government of which his
original party forms part, shall not affect the status of an member of Parliament.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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