56 Deputy President of Senate 101. (1) The Deputy President of Senate shall be elected from among the Senators at the first meeting of the Senate after any general election or whenever such office has become vacant, in accordance with the Standing Orders. (2) The Deputy President shall perform the functions of the President whenever the President is absent or is for any reason unable to perform the functions of that office or when the President authorises the Deputy to do so. (3) The provisions of section 100(5), (6), (7) and (8) shall apply to the office of the Deputy President as they apply to the office of President. (4) The office of Deputy President shall also become vacant where the Deputy is elected President of the Senate. The Speaker of the House 102. (1) When the House of Assembly first meets after any general election and before it proceeds to the despatch of any other business, it shall elect a person from within or outside the House to be the Speaker of the House of Assembly, in accordance with the Standing Orders. (2) Where the office of Speaker falls vacant at any time before the next dissolution of Parliament, the House may elect as soon as practicable another person to that office. (3) A person shall not be elected Speaker of the House unless that person has some parliamentary experience and is otherwise able to maintain order in the House and properly guide the members of the House in the discharge of the business of the House in terms of the Standing Orders. (4) A person shall not be elected Speaker from outside the House if that person would be disqualified to be a member of the House under this Constitution or any other law. (5) A person elected shall not hold the position of Speaker of the House and that of a Cabinet Minister simultaneously. (6) The salary and other allowances payable to the Speaker shall not be varied to the disadvantage of the Speaker during the tenure of office. (7) The office of Speaker of the House shall become vacant where − (a) the Speaker resigns in writing addressed to the Clerk to Parliament; (b) the House passes a resolution by not less than two-thirds of all its members to that effect; (c) any circumstance arises which would render the Speaker disqualified or ineligible to be a member of the House under this Constitution or any other law; or (d) for any reason the Speaker ceases to be a member of the House. (8) The person elected Speaker of the House shall not enter upon the duties of the office unless that person has taken and subscribed the oath of allegiance set out in the Second Schedule. 56