B – Summoning & Dissolution of HoA

Chapter 5 Section 105

Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 105. Dissolution and issue of proclamation by Governor

(1) A House of Assembly shall stand dissolved at the expiration of a period of four years commencing from the date of the first sitting of the House. (2) If the...

Chapter 5 Section 104

Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 104. Sittings

A House of Assembly shall sit for a period of not less than one hundred and eighty-one days in a year.

Chapter 5 Section 103

Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 103. Committees

(1) A House of Assembly may appoint a committee of its members for any special or general purpose as in its opinion would be better regulated and managed by means of...

Chapter 5 Section 102

Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 102. Vacancy or participation of legislative power of a strangers not to invalidate state proceedings.

A House of Assembly may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership, and the presence or participation of any person not entitled to be present at or to...

Chapter 5 Section 101

Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 101. Regulation of procedure

Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, a House of Assembly shall have power to regulate its own procedure, including the procedure for summoning and recess of...

Chapter 5 Section 100

Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 100. Mode of exercising legislative power of a state

(1) The power of a House of Assembly to make laws shall be exercised by bills passed by the House of Assembly and, except as otherwise provided by this section, assented...

Chapter 5 Section 99

Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 99. Unqualified person sitting or voting

Any person who sits or votes in a House of Assembly of a State knowing or having reasonable grounds for knowing that he is not entitled to do so commits an offence and...

Chapter 5 Section 98

Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 98. Voting

(1) Except as otherwise provided by this Constitution, any question proposed for decision in a House of Assembly shall be determined by the required majority of the...

Chapter 5 Section 97

Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 97. Languages

The business of a House of Assembly shall be conducted in English, but the House may in addition to English conduct the business of the House in one or more other...

Chapter 5 Section 96

Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 96. Quorum

(1) The quorum of a House of Assembly shall be one-third of all the members of the House. (2) If objection is taken by any member of a House of Assembly present that...

Chapter 5 Section 95

Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 95. Presiding at sittings

(1) At any sitting of a House of Assembly, the Speaker of that House shall preside, and in his absence the Deputy Speaker shall preside. (2) In the absence of the...

Chapter 5 Section 94

Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 94. Declaration of assets and liabilities; oaths of members

(1) Every person elected to a House of Assembly shall before taking his seat in that House, declare his assets and liabilities in the manner prescribed in this...