majority of the results of the General Elections are declared. President may address Parliament Act No.15 of 1984 Art.14 91.-(1) The President shall address the National Assembly at its first meeting and inaugurate it. (2) Subject to the provisions of subarticle (1), the President may, at any time, address the National Assembly or send to the House a communication which shall be read by a Minister. Meetings of the National Assembly Act No.15 of 1984 Art.14 G.N.No.133 of 2001 92.-(1) The National Assembly shall hold its meetings at the place where it is customary to hold such meetings or at any other place in the United Republic as the President may designate in that behalf. (2) The first meeting of the National Assembly in the life of Parliament shall commence on the day for which National Assembly is summoned to meet, and every subsequent meeting shall commence on such date as may be specified by the National Assembly or on any day that shall be appointed in accordance with the Standing Orders of the National Assembly. (3) The President may at any time summon a meeting of the National Assembly. Presiding at sittings of the National Assembly Act No.15 of 1984 Art.14 93. Every sitting of the National Assembly shall be presided over by any one of the following persons, that is to say ­ (a) the Speaker; (b) if the Speaker is absent, the Deputy Speaker; or (c) if both the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker are absent, any Member of Parliament who has been elected for that purpose, but a Minister or a Deputy Minister or a person holding any other type of office specified by any law enacted by Parliament for the purpose of this Article shall not be elected under the provisions of this paragraph. Quorum at the sittings of the National Assembly Act No.15 of 1984 Art.14; Act No.7 Of 1994 Art. 8(i),(k) 94.-(1) The quorum at every sitting of the National Assembly shall be half of all the Members of Parliament. (2) Except where it is provided otherwise in this Constitution, every question proposed for decision in the National Assembly shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the Members of Parliament present and voting. (3) The Speaker, Deputy Speaker or any other person presiding over the sitting of the National Assembly shall not have a deliberative vote but shall have a casting vote in the event of an equality of votes. (4) The Standing Orders of the National Assembly may provide that any Member of Parliament who votes on any matter in which he has a personal interest shall be deemed not to have voted. Vacant seats in the National Assembly Act No.15 of 1984 95. The National Assembly may conduct business during its sittings notwithstanding any vacant seat in the National Assembly (whether the seat became vacant since or after the first meeting following the General Elections) and if in such business any person who is not entitled takes part or if during that 56

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