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
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