(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. 58

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