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Chapter 3 Election of Speaker and Deputies : 13 When Deputy Speaker and Second Deputy Speaker elected



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Chapter 3. Election of Speaker and Deputies

Election of Deputy Speaker and Second Deputy Speaker

 

13 When Deputy Speaker and Second Deputy Speaker elected

(a) The Deputy Speaker and Second Deputy Speaker shall be elected at the beginning of each Parliament , or at any time the respective office becomes vacant. Whenever the two offices are vacant at the same time, elections for both offices shall be conducted together.

(b) The Speaker shall conduct the elections under standing order 14 , and may not vote in an ordinary ballot.

(c) Only a non-government Member may be elected as Second Deputy Speaker.

(d) A Member shall propose the nomination of a Member to the vacant office by moving, without notice, that such Member ‘be elected Deputy Speaker (or Second Deputy Speaker)’.