125 8. (1) Save as otherwise provided in this Constitution, any question proposed for decision in a joint sitting of the Senate and the House of Assembly shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members of Parliament present and voting. (2) A President elected from among persons who are Senators or a Speaker elected from among persons who are members of the House (whether or not that President or Speaker is presiding in a joint sitting) shall have an original but not a casting vote. (3) A President or Deputy President of the Senate elected from among persons who are not Senators or a Speaker or a Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly elected from among persons who are not members of the House shall have no vote. (4) The Attorney-General shall have no vote. (5) Subject to the provisions of sections 36(4) 36(7) and 246(1) or 244(1), if upon any question before a joint sitting the votes of the persons entitled to vote are equally divided the motion shall be lost. (6) If the rules of procedure of a chamber of Parliament make provision under which a member who votes upon a question in which that member has a direct pecuniary interest shall be deemed not have voted, those rules of procedure shall have effect for determining whether a member of that chamber has voted in a joint sitting. 9. Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the rules of procedure for the time being of the House of Assembly shall apply, with the necessary modifications, for regulating any proceedings of a joint sitting under this Constitution which correspond to proceedings of the House of Assembly. _____________________ SECOND SCHEDULE 125