Constitution Section 183 — Vacation and resignation of, and removal from, the offices of Chairman and Deputy Chairman

Part VI — THE STATES — Officers of the State Legislature

Constitutional

Summary

A person who serves as Chairman or Deputy Chairman of a Legislative Council must leave that position if they stop being a member of the Council. They can resign at any time by writing a letter—if they are the Chairman, they address it to the Deputy Chairman, and if they are the Deputy Chairman, they address it to the Chairman. They can also be removed from office by a resolution passed by a majority of all current Council members, but no such resolution can be proposed unless at least fourteen days' notice of the intention to move it has been given.

Official Text

A member holding office as Chairman or Deputy Chairman of a Legislative Council—

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

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

(c) may be removed from his office by a resolution of the Council passed by a majority of all the then members of the Council: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.