 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
Secretaries. He may also be elected from among persons who are not
Representatives or Senators:
Provided that a person who is not a Representative or a
Senator shall not be elected as Speaker if he is -
(a) not a citizen of a CARICOM or an OECS
member state of the Commonwealth; or
(b)
a person disqualified from being elected as a
Representative or a Senator by virtue of
subsection (1) of section 69 of this
Constitution or of any law enacted in
pursuance of subsection (2) or (3) of that
section.
(4) No business shall be transacted in the Assembly
(other than the election of a Speaker) at any time when the office of
Speaker is vacant.
(5)
A
person shall vacate the office of Speaker -
(a) in the case of a Speaker who was elected from
among the Representatives or Senators -
(i) if he is no longer either a Representative
or a Senator:
Provided that the Speaker shall not
vacate his office by reason only that he is no
longer either a Representative or a Senator on a
dissolution of Parliament, until the Assembly first
meets after the dissolution; or
(ii) if he becomes a Minister
Parliamentary Secretary;
or
a
(b) in the case of a Speaker who was elected from
among personswhowereneither
Representatives nor Senators -
(i) when the Assembly first meets after any
dissolution of Parliament;
73
 |