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given by any member of the Assembly, or
the power of the Assembly to debate and
dispose of such a motion at any sitting of
the Assembly.
(3) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this section,
the sittings of the Assembly shall be held at such time and place as the
Assembly may, by its Standing Orders or otherwise, determine.
Prorogation
and
dissolution.
92. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution,
the President may at any time prorogue or dissolve Parliament.
(2) Subject to the provisions of subsections (3) and (5)
of this section, Parliament shall continue for five years from the date
of the first sitting of Parliament after any dissolution and shall then
stand dissolved.
(3) At any time when Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines is at war, Parliament may extend the period of five years
specified in subsection (2) of this section for not more than twelve
months at a time: Provided that the life of Parliament shall not be
extended under this subsection for more than five years.
(4) Where a Parliament that has been dissolved is
recalled under subsection (2) of section 93 of this Constitution, that
Parliament shall, unless sooner dissolved, again stand dissolved at the
date appointed for the nomination of candidates in the next succeeding
general election, subject to subsection (3) of section 93 of this
Constitution.
(5) In the exercise of his powers to dissolve
Parliament, the President shall act in accordance with the advice of the
Prime Minister:
Provided that -
(a) the Prime Minister shall not advise a
dissolution until a period of four years and
nine months has elapsed after the first sitting
of Parliament after the previous dissolution:
unless -
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