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(2) Invited persons referred to in subsection (1) of this
section, or any other person called as a witness to give evidence
before the Assembly or any committee thereof, shall not enjoy any
voting rights in the Assembly but shall otherwise enjoy the same
privileges and immunities as a member of the Assembly.
Part 4
Procedure in Parliament
Oaths.
Second
Schedule.
79. (1) Every member of the National Assembly shall,
before taking his seat in the Assembly, take and subscribe before the
Assembly the oaths of allegiance and of office as set out in the Second
Schedule to this Constitution but a member may, before taking those
oaths, take part in the election of the Speaker.
(2) Any person elected to the office of Speaker shall,
if he has not already taken and subscribed the oaths of allegiance and
of office under subsection (1) of this section, take and subscribe those
oaths in the presence of the members of the Assembly before entering
upon the duties of his office.
Presiding.
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80. There shall preside at any sitting of the National
Assembly -
(a) the Speaker;
(b) in the absence of the Speaker, the Deputy
Speaker; or
(c) in the absence of the Speaker and the Deputy
Speaker, such member of the Assembly, not
being a Minister or Parliamentary Secretary,
as the Assembly may elect for that purpose:
Provided that the Speaker shall not preside when a
motion for his removal from office is being considered by the
Assembly.
Voting.
81. (1) Save as otherwise provided in sections 42
(3) and (7), 71 (6), 74 and 93 (3) of this Constitution, any question
proposed for decision in the National Assembly shall be determined
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