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109 PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS
(1)
Parliament may by law regulate professional, trade and business organisations.
(2)
The affairs of an organisation referred to in clause (1) of this article shall be conducted on democratic
lines.
110 STANDING ORDERS OF PARLIAMENT
(1)
Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament may, by standing orders, regulate its own
procedure,
(2)
Parliament may act notwithstanding a vacancy in its membership, including a vacancy hot filled when
Parliament first meets after a dissolution of Parliament; and the presence or the participation of a
person not entitled to be present or to participate in the proceedings of Parliament shall not
invalidate these proceedings.
111 ATTENDANCE IN PARLIAMENT OF VICE-PRESIDENT AND MINISTERS
The Vice-President, or a Minister or Deputy Minister who is not a member of Parliament, shall be
entitled to participate in the proceedings of Parliament and shall be accorded all the privileges of a
member of Parliament except that he is not entitled to vote or to hold an office in Parliament.
Part III Summoning, Dissolution, etc
112 SESSIONS OF PARLIAMENT
(1)
A session of Parliament shall be held at such place within Ghana and shall commence at such time as
the Speaker may, by constitutional instrument, appoint.
(2)
A session of Parliament shall be held at least once a year, so that the period between the last sitting of
Parliament in one session and the first sitting of Parliament in the next session does not amount to
twelve months.
(3)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, fifteen percent of members of Parliament may
request a meeting of Parliament; and the Speaker shall, within seven days after the receipt of the
request, summon Parliament.
(4)
Subject to clause (2) of article 113 of this Constitution, a general election of members of Parliament
shall be held within thirty days before the expiration of the period specified in clause (1) of that
article; and a session of Parliament shall be appointed to commence within fourteen days after the
expiration of that period.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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