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Assembly under the former Constitution and that of the
National Assembly under the Constitution.
(2) Where, in the opinion of the Prime Minister,
it is necessary or expedient to recall Parliament in order to
make amendments to the Constitution between the appointed
day and the next ensuing general election, the President,
acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister,
may recall the former Assembly for the purpose, and
subsection (1) of this section shall apply accordingly.
(3) A reference in the Constitution to a
dissolution of Parliament shall be deemed to include a
reference to the dissolution of the last Parliament under the
former Constitution.
Standing Orders.
13. Until it is otherwise provided by the National
Assembly under subsection (1) of section 86 of the
Constitution, the Standing Orders of the former Assembly
made under the former Constitution, as are in force
immediately before the appointed day, shall be the Standing
Orders of the National Assembly under the Constitution.
Such Standing Orders shall be construed with such
modifications, adaptations, qualifications, exceptions and
other such alterations as may be necessary to bring them into
conformity with the Constitution.
14. The person who immediately before the appointed
day holds the office of Governor-General under the former
Constitution shall, subject to subsection (1) of section 64 of
the Constitution (relating to the taking of the oaths by the
President), assume office as President of Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines as from the appointed day. He shall so assume
that office as if he had been elected thereto pursuant to section
54 of the Constitution and shall, subject to the Constitution,
continue in office, until the person elected President in the
first Presidential election held for the purposes of section 54
of the Constitution assumes office.
The President.
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