25. Voting in Assembly, power of Assembly to act notwithstanding vacancies and quorum.
—(1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, all questions at any sitting of the Legislative Assembly
shall be determined by a majority of votes of the members present and voting, other than the Speaker
or person acting as such.
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(2) The Speaker, or person acting as such, shall not vote in the first instance, but shall have and
exercise a casting vote in the case of an equality of votes.
(3) The Legislative Assembly shall have power to act notwithstanding any vacancy in the
membership thereof, and any proceedings in the Legislative Assembly shall be valid notwithstanding
that it is discovered subsequently that some person who was not entitled so to do, sat or voted or
otherwise took part in the proceedings.
(4) The quorum to constitute a meeting of the Legislative Assembly shall be ten members or one-
tenth of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly, which ever is greater.
(5) If at any time during a meeting of the Legislative Assembly there is no quorum, it shall be the
duty of the Speaker, or person acting as such, either to adjourn the Legislative Assembly or to suspend
the meeting until there is a quorum.Source footnotes
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