Constitution Section 179 — Vacation and resignation of, and removal from, the offices of Speaker and Deputy Speaker

Part VI — THE STATES — Officers of the State Legislature

Constitutional

Summary

A Speaker or Deputy Speaker of a Legislative Assembly must leave their position if they stop being a member of the Assembly. They can also resign at any time by writing a letter—the Speaker writes to the Deputy Speaker, and the Deputy Speaker writes to the Speaker. The Assembly can remove them from office by passing a resolution that is supported by a majority of all current members, but no one can propose such a resolution unless at least fourteen days’ notice has been given. If the Assembly is dissolved, the Speaker stays in office until just before the first meeting of the new Assembly after the dissolution.

Official Text

A member holding office as Speaker or Deputy Speaker of an Assembly—

(a) shall vacate his office if he ceases to be a member of the Assembly;

(b) may at any time by writing under his hand addressed, if such member is the Speaker, to the Deputy Speaker, and if such member is the Deputy Speaker, to the Speaker, resign his office; and

(c) may be removed from his office by a resolution of the Assembly passed by a majority of all the then members of the Assembly:Provided that no resolution for the purpose of clause (c) shall be moved unless at least fourteen days' notice has been given of the intention to move the resolution:Provided further that, whenever the Assembly is dissolved, the Speaker shall not vacate his office until immediately before the first meeting of the Assembly after the dissolution.