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81                     THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                               (Part VI.—The States)

        177. Rights of Ministers and Advocate-General as respects the
Houses.—Every Minister and the Advocate-General for a State shall have the
right to speak in, and otherwise to take part in the proceedings of, the
Legislative Assembly of the State or, in the case of a State having a Legislative
Council, both Houses, and to speak in, and otherwise to take part in the
proceedings of, any committee of the Legislature of which he may be named a
member, but shall not, by virtue of this article, be entitled to vote.
                           Officers of the State Legislature
        178. The Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Legislative
Assembly.—Every Legislative Assembly of a State shall, as soon as may be,
choose two members of the Assembly to be respectively Speaker and Deputy
Speaker thereof and, so often as the office of Speaker or Deputy Speaker
becomes vacant, the Assembly shall choose another member to be Speaker or
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Deputy Speaker, as the case may be.                od
        179. Vacation and resignation of, and removal from, the offices of
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Speaker and Deputy Speaker.—A member holding office as Speaker or
Deputy Speaker of an Assembly—            di
               (a) shall vacate his office if he ceases to be a member of the Assembly;
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               (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.
        180. Power of the Deputy Speaker or other person to perform the
duties of the office of, or to act as, Speaker.—(1) While the office of Speaker
is vacant, the duties of the office shall be performed by the Deputy Speaker or,
if the office of Deputy Speaker is also vacant, by such member of the Assembly
as the Governor may appoint for the purpose.
        (2) During the absence of the Speaker from any sitting of the Assembly
the Deputy Speaker or, if he is also absent, such person as may be determined
by the rules of procedure of the Assembly, or, if no such person is present, such
other person as may be determined by the Assembly, shall act as Speaker.

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