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(2) The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee
shall be the Minority Leader as referred to in paragraph (c) of section
126 of this Constitution.
(3) A majority of the members of the Public Accounts
Committee shall consist of Representatives and Senators who do
not support the Government.
(4) The Standing Orders of the Assembly shall
provide for a procedure by which the Public Accounts Committee
may summon public officers before it and send for relevant public
financial documents in order to ensure the proper discharge of its
responsibilities under this Constitution and other laws.
(5) The functions of this Committee shall be as
provided for in section 158 of this Constitution.
Procedure.
86. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the
National Assembly may regulate its own procedure and may in
particular make rules and Standing Orders for the orderly conduct of
its own proceedings.
(2) The Assembly may act notwithstanding any
vacancy in its membership, including any vacancy not filled when the
Assembly first meets after any general election; and the presence or
participation of any person not entitled to be present at or to
participate in the proceedings of the Assembly shall not invalidate
those proceedings.
Part 5
Representatives to report to National Assembly
Representatives to
report.
87. Every Representative shall meet formally with his
constituents in relation to his representation of his constituency,
not less than once every six months, and within that same period,
in relation to such representation, he shall submit a report in
writing to the National Assembly on behalf of his constituents.
88. Standing Orders shall make provisions for the
procedure to be adopted in the National Assembly for the efficient
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Procedure for
reporting.
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