124 4. (i) if the bill has not been passed by the chamber to which it was sent with amendments and returned to the chamber in which it was introduced, there shall be admissible only such amendments, if any, as are made necessary by the delay in the passage of the bill; (ii) if the bill has been passed by the chamber to which it was sent with amendments and returned to the chamber in which it was introduced, there shall be admissible only such amendments, if any, as are made necessary by the delay in the passage of the bill and such other amendments as are relevant to the matters with respect to which the chambers have not agreed; (iii) the decision of the person presiding in the joint sitting as to the amendments that are admissible under the provisions of this sub­ paragraph shall be final. (1) Where a joint sitting of the Senate and the House of Assembly is summoned for the purpose of considering a bill referred back by the King in accordance with section 117(1) the following provisions shall apply – (a) if the whole bill has been referred back, the joint sitting may deliberate and shall vote upon the bill as presented to the King for assent together with any amendment to any provision of the bill which may be proposed in the joint sitting; (b) if the bill has been referred back for consideration of provisions of the bill specified by the King, the joint sitting may deliberate and shall vote upon the bill as presented to the King for assent together with any admissible amendment which may be proposed in the joint sitting; (c) if the bill is affirmed with such amendments (if any) as are mentioned in the preceding sub-paragraphs and are agreed by the joint sitting, it shall be deemed to be duly passed. (2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) (b) there shall be admissible only amendments to the provisions specified by the King and such other amendments as are relevant to the matters contained in the King’s message, and the decision of the person presiding in the joint sitting as to the amendments that are admissible shall be final. 5. The Speaker of the House of Assembly and the President of the Senate shall, in that order, preside alternately at joint sittings of the Senate and the House of Assembly and for the purpose of this paragraph the sitting or sittings necessary to dispose respectively of any motion for the purpose of section 36, of the business relating to any bill referred to a joint sitting in accordance with section 116(1) or 117(1), or of the business relating to any bill to amend the Constitution shall be regarded as a single sitting. 6. A joint sitting shall not be disqualified for the transaction of business by reason of any vacancy in the membership of either chamber. 7. If objection is taken by a member of either chamber who is present that there are present in that sitting (besides the person presiding) fewer than seventy-five members of the chambers of Parliament and, after such interval as may be prescribed in the rules of procedure applying to a joint sitting, the member presiding ascertains that there are still fewer than seventy-five members of the chambers of Parliament present, the member presiding shall thereupon adjourn the joint sitting. 124