(6)
Elections to the local government institutions shall be organized and conducted by
the National Elections Commission in accordance with the provisions of this
Constitution and the law.
(7)
In fulfillment of the principle of affirmative action, women shall be allocated at
least twenty-five per cent of the seats and positions in each legislative and each
executive organ of each state, without prejudice to their right to compete for the
remaining seats and positions in such organs.
State Legislative Assembly
163.
(1)
The existing state legislatures shall be known as state Legislative Assemblies.
They shall comprise of the current elected members.
(2)
Each state Legislative Assembly shall adopt a draft amended state constitution to
become its state transitional constitution, provided that it shall be in conformity
with this Constitution.
(3)
Each state Legislative Assembly shall have law-making competence in respect of
the functional areas listed in Schedules B, C and D read together with Schedule E
herein, and such other legislative competences as are conferred upon the state by
this Constitution, the state transitional constitution, and the law.
(4)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
a state Legislative Assembly may, in accordance with the state transitional
constitution, pass a vote of no confidence in the Governor by three
quarters majority of all its members;
if the state Legislative Assembly passes a vote of no confidence as stated
in paragraph (a) above, the President shall act upon such a vote in
accordance with Article 101 (s) herein;
if the Governor who was subjected to the vote of no-confidence is reelected, the state legislature shall be deemed to have been dissolved. A
new state legislature shall be elected within sixty days to complete the
tenure of the dissolved legislature; and
a vote of no confidence in the Governor shall not be passed before he or
she completes twelve months in office.
(5)
The term of a state Legislative Assembly shall be four years commencing from
July 9, 2011.
(6)
Governors, members of state Legislative Assemblies and the state councils of
ministers shall have such immunities as are provided by law.
(7)
Each state Legislative Assembly shall make its own Conduct of Business
Regulations, establish its committees and elect its speaker and other officers.
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