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by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting, that is, a
simple majority of members:
Provided that questions of no confidence in the
Government shall be determined by a majority of the votes of all the
members of the Assembly, that is, an absolute majority of members.
(2) A question shall not be regarded as having been
validly determined by a vote in the Assembly unless, when the
vote is taken, there is present a quorum of the Assembly, that is,
not less than fourteen members of the Assembly, or such greater
number of members as the Assembly may prescribe by Standing
Orders.
(3) An Attorney-General who is a member of the
Assembly only by virtue of the provisions of subsection (4) of section
67 of this Constitution, so that he is neither a Representative nor a
Senator, shall have a right of audience in the Assembly, but he shall
not have a right to vote in the Assembly.
(4) A Speaker who was elected from among the
Representatives or Senators, or any other Representative or Senator
presiding in the Assembly, shall not vote unless on any question the
votes of the members are equally divided, in which case he shall have
and exercise a casting vote:
Provided that in the case of the question of the
final reading of such a bill as is referred to in section 74 of this
Constitution he shall, if he is a Representative or Senator, have an
original vote but not a casting vote.
(5) A Speaker who, when elected Speaker, was
neither a Representative nor a Senator shall not have a right to
vote in the Assembly; and, if upon any question before the
Assembly, when such a Speaker is presiding, the votes of the
members are equally divided, the motion shall be lost.
(6) A member of the Assembly who shall not have a
right to vote in the Assembly shall not be able to propose or
second a motion or a resolution in the Assembly. Such a member
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