Paragraph 84 Prorogation and dissolution

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 2 s. 96(1) substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2016 art. 3(1)
Sch. 2 s. 97(3) deleted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2016 art. 3(2)
Sch. 2 s. 106(1) words omitted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2016 art. 3(3)(a)
Sch. 2 s. 106(1A)(1B) inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2016 art. 3(3)(b)
Sch. 2 word substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 3(1)
Sch. 2 s. 32(1) words substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 4(2)
Sch. 2 s. 32(2)(c) omitted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 4(3)
Sch. 2 s. 32(5)-(9) substituted for s. 32(5) by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 4(4)
Sch. 2 s. 44(1)(b) word substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 5(2)
Sch. 2 s. 44(2) words inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 5(3)
Sch. 2 s. 44(5) inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 5(4)
Sch. 2 s. 48(5) inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 6(2)
Sch. 2 s. 54A inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 7
Sch. 2 s. 58(4) words substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 8
Sch. 2 s. 58A 58B inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 9
Sch. 2 s. 71(1) words omitted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 10
Sch. 2 s. 77(2) substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 11(2)
Sch. 2 s. 77(4)(5) inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 11(3)
Sch. 2 s. 80 omitted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 12
Sch. 2 s. 124(1) words omitted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 13(2)
Sch. 2 s. 124(2)(a) substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 13(3)
Sch. 2 s. 124(2)(c) substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 13(4)
Sch. 2 s. 126 inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 14

(1)

The Governor, acting after consultation with the Premier, and by proclamation, may prorogue the Legislative Assembly, and shall do so annually.

(2)

The Governor, acting after consultation with the Premier, may at any time, by proclamation, dissolve the Legislative Assembly.

(3)

The Governor shall dissolve the Legislative Assembly at the expiration of four years from the date when the Assembly first meets after any general election unless it has been sooner dissolved pursuant to this Constitution.