(1) The Speaker and Deputy Speaker existing at the time of commencement of this Constitution shall
continue to hold their respective offices until another Speaker and Deputy Speaker
is elected pursuant to this Constitution.
(2) The members of the Legislature-Parliament shall, on the basis of
political understanding, elect one Speaker and one Deputy Speaker from
themselves no later than twenty days after the date of the commencement of this
Constitution where the Legislature-Parliament is not in recess at the time of
commencement of this Constitution, and after the date on which the session of the
Legislature-Parliament is summoned in accordance with clause (6) of Article 296
where the Legislature-Parliament is in recess.
(3) In the event of failure to have an understanding under clause (2), a
member of the Legislature-Parliament who commands a majority of all the then
members of the Legislature-Parliament shall be deemed to be elected as the
Speaker or Deputy Speaker.
(4) In holding electing in accordance with clause (2) or (3), the Speaker
and the Deputy Speaker shall be members representing different political parties in
the Legislature-Parliament.
(5) In discharging his or her functions in accordance with this
Constitution, the Speaker or Deputy Speaker shall so discharge functions in the
capacity of a neutral person without standing for or against any political party
whatsoever.
(6) The office of the Speaker or Deputy Speaker shall become vacant in
any of the following circumstances:
(a) if he or she resigns in writing,
(b) if he or she ceases to be a member of the Legislature-Parliament,
(c) if a resolution is passed by a majority of at least two-thirds of the
total number of the members of the Legislature-Parliament to the
effect that his or her conduct is not compatible with his or her office,
(d) if he or she dies.
(7) The Deputy Speaker or another member shall preside over a meeting
at which deliberations are to be held on a resolution that the conduct of the
Speaker of the Legislature-Parliament is not compatible with his or her office, and
the Speaker may take part and vote in the deliberations on such resolution.
(8) Other procedures on the election to the Speaker and Deputy Speaker
and procedures on the moving and passage of a motion that the Speaker or Deputy
Speaker has committed conduct not compatible with his or her office shall be as
provided by the then prevailing rules of the Legislature-Parliament.