CHAPTER II - SUMMONING AND PROROGATION OF THE ASSEMBLY AND SEATING OATH AND ROLL OF MEMBERS
CHAPTER-II
SUMMONING AND PROROGATION OF THE ASSEMBLY AND SEATING, OATH AND ROLL OF MEMBERS.
3. (1) When the Assembly is summoned by the Governor or Speaker, the Secretary shall intimate to each Member, about the date, time and place of the meeting.
(2) When the Assembly is summoned or prorogued by the Speaker, the Secretary shall cause a notification to that effect to be published in the Gazette.
4. (1) At the first sitting of the Assembly after a general election, a Member shall make oath before the Assembly, in the form set out in the Third Schedule to the Constitution.
(2) A Member who has not made oath at the first sitting of the Assembly shall do so at any subsequent sitting.
(3) If a Member without a reasonable cause fails to make oath within twenty one days of the first sitting of the first Assembly his seat shall, under clause (3) of Article 273 of the Constitution, become vacant at the expiration of that period and the Secretary shall cause a notification to that effect to be published in the Gazette and forward its copy to the Chief Election Commissioner.
(4) There shall be a roll of Members which shall be signed in presence of the Secretary by every Members after making the oath.
5. The Members shall sit in such order as Speaker may determine 1 [:]
2‘[ “Provided that a Minister who is not a member of the Assembly and has been appointed as Minister under clause (7) of Article 130 of the Constitution shall have the right to sit in the Assembly, speak and otherwise take part in the proceedings of the Assembly or any of its Committees but he shall not be entitled to vote.]”.
6. If for any reason it is not practicable that the Speaker and Deputy Speaker presides over a sitting, the Governor may nominate from amongst the Members of the Assembly 3[or any other person] a Chairman who shall preside over such sitting.
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1.The full stop has been replaced by colon vide Law Department notification Number S. Legis, 14(4)85 dated
2. Proviso added ibid.
3. Added words “or another person” vide Law Department Notification Number S. Legis:14(4)85 dated