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Part 8
Summoning, Prorogation and Dissolution of Parliament
Session.
91. (1) Each session of Parliament shall be held at such
place within Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and shall begin at such
time, being not later than six months from the end of the preceding
session if Parliament has been prorogued, or thirty days from the
holding of a general election if Parliament has been dissolved, as the
President shall appoint by Proclamation.
(2) (a) If notice in writing is given to the Speaker,
signed by not less than seven members of the National Assembly, of a
motion of no confidence in the Government, the Speaker shall -
(i)if the Assembly is then sitting or has
been summoned to meet within five
days, cause the motion to be
considered by the Assembly within
seven days of the notice; or
(ii)
if the Assembly is not then sitting and
has not been so summoned (and
notwithstanding that Parliament may
be prorogued) summon the Assembly
to meet within fourteen days of the
notice and cause the motion to be
considered at that meeting:
Provided that if the Assembly does not, within
twenty-one days of the notice, meet and dispose of the motion, the
Clerk of the Assembly shall summon a special meeting of the
Assembly at such time and place as he may specify for the purpose of
debating and disposing of the motion.
(b)
The provisions of paragraph (a) of this
subsection shall be without prejudice to the
power of the Assembly to provide by its
Standing Orders that notice of a motion of
no confidence in the Government may be
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