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accordance with the provisions of that section, he shall also
resume the performance of his functions as Deputy Speaker.
(4) At any time when, by virtue of subsection (4) of
section 70 of this Constitution, the Deputy Speaker is unable to
perform the functions of his office, those functions shall, until he
vacates his seat in the Assembly or resumes the performance of the
functions of his office, be performed by such Representative or
Senator, not being a Minister or a Parliamentary Secretary, as the
Assembly may elect for that purpose.
Part 2
Powers of Parliament
Power to make
laws.
73. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament
may make laws for peace, order and good government of Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines.
74. (1) Subject to subsections (4), (5) and (6) of this
section, Parliament may alter any of the provisions of this
Constitution or of the Supreme Court Order in the manner specified in
the following provisions of this section.
(2) A bill to alter any of the provisions of this
Constitution or of the Supreme Court Order shall not be regarded as
being passed by the National Assembly unless on its final reading the
bill is supported by the votes of not less than two-thirds of all the
members of the Assembly.
Alteration of
Constitution and
Supreme Court
Order.
First Schedule.
(3) A bill to alter this section, the First Schedule to
this Constitution or any of the provisions of this Constitution specified
in Part 1 of that Schedule or any of the provisions of the Supreme
Court Order specified in Part 2 of that Schedule, shall not be
submitted to the President for his assent unless -
(a)
there has been an interval of not less than
ninety days between the introduction of the
bill in the Assembly and the beginning of
the proceedings in the Assembly on the
second reading of the bill; and
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