Malaysia legislation
Article LVI
Article LVI
(1)
The Ruler shall from time to time summon the Legislative Assembly and shall not allow six months to elapse between the last sitting in one session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next session.
(2)
The
Ruler may prorogue or dissolve the
Legislative Assembly.
(3)
The
Legislative
Assembly unless sooner dissolved shall continue for five years from the date of its first sitting and shall then stand dissolved.
(4)
Whenever the Legislative Assembly is dissolved a general election shall be held within sixty days from the date of dissolution and the new Legislative
Assembly shall be summoned to meet on a date not later than ninety days from that date.
(5)
A casual vacancy shall be filled within sixty days from the date on which it is established that there is vacancy:
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Resignation of members.
Absence of a member.
Decision as to dis-qualification.
Enactment
No. 4/1983.
Summoning, prorogation and dissolu-tion of
Legislative
Assembly.
Enactment
No. 2/1994.
Speaker of the
Legislative
Assembly.
Enactment
Provided that if a casual vacancy is established on a date within two years of the date the Legislative
Assembly shall, in accordance with Clause
(3)
, stand dissolved, such casual vacancy shall not be filled unless the Speaker notifies the Election Commission in writing that the numerical strength of the party that constitutes a majority of all the members of the Legislative
Assembly is being affected by such vacancy; and in that event such vacancy shall be filled within sixty days from the date of the receipt of that notification.
(1)
The Legislative Assembly shall from time to time elect as Speaker such person as the Assembly may determine and shall transact no business when the office of Speaker is vacant other than the election of the Speaker.
(1a)
A person shall not be elected to be the Speaker unless he is a member or qualified to be a member of the
Legislative Assembly.
(18)
Any person elected as Speaker who is not a member of the Legislative Assembly—
(a)
shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe before the Assembly an oath of office; and
(b)
shall, by virtue of holding his office, be a member of the Assembly additional to the members elected to the Assembly:
Provided that paragraph (b) shall not have effect for the purposes of the provisions of Article XXXVIII and no person shall be entitled by virtue of that paragraph to vote on any matter before the Assembly.
(2)
The Speaker may at any time resign his office, and shall vacate his office—
(a)
when the Legislative Assembly first meets after a general election;
(b)
on ceasing to be a member of the Assembly otherwise than by reason of adissolution thereof or, if he is a member by virtue only of paragraph (b) of Clause (18), on his ceasing to be qualified to be a member;
(c)
upon being disqualified under Clause (4); or
(d)
if the Assembly at any time so resolves.
(2a)
The Legislative Assembly may from time to time elect one of its members to be Deputy Speaker.
(28)
A Deputy Speaker may at any time resign his office, and shall vacate his office—
(a)
on his ceasing to be a member of the
Legislative Assembly;
(b)
upon being disqualified under Clause (4); or
(c)
if the Assembly at any time so resolves.
(3)
During any absence of the Speaker from a sitting Enactment of the Legislative Assembly the Deputy Speaker or, if the %® 199%:
Deputy Speaker is absent or if the office of the Deputy
Speaker is vacant such other member as may be determined by the rules of procedure of the Assembly shall act as Speaker.
(4)
A person who is elected to be the Speaker or Enactment
Deputy Speaker shall be disqualified from holding such N% 10/1995.
office if after three months of his election to such office or at any time thereafter he is or becomes a member of any board of directors or board of management, or an officer or employee, or engages in the affairs or business, of any organisation or body, whether corporate or otherwise, or of any commercial, industrial or other undertaking, whether or not he receives any remuneration, reward, profit or benefit from it:
Provided that such disqualification shall not apply where such organisation or body carries out any welfare or voluntary work or objective beneficial to the 31
Enaciment
10/1995.
Oath by members.
Enactment
No, 4/1983.
Address by
His Highness.
Procedure of
Legislative
Assembly.
community or any part thereof, or any other work or objective of a charitable or social nature and the member does not receive any remuneration, reward, profit or benefit from it.
(5)
Where any question arises regarding the disqualification of the Speaker or Deputy Speaker under
Clause (4) the decision of the Legislative Assembly shall be taken and shall be final.