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Paragraph 41 Voting.

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(1)

Subject to the provisions of this section, all questions proposed for decision in the Legislative Council shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting.

(2)

Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, only the elected members of the Legislative Council shall be entitled to vote on a motion that the Legislative Council should declare a lack of confidence in the Government of Montserrat.

(3)

The person presiding shall not vote unless on any question the votes are equally divided, in which case he shall have and may exercise a casting vote:

Provided that where the motion before the Council is one to which subsection (2) of this section applies the person presiding shall not have a casting vote unless he is an elected member.

(4)

For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that the Speaker shall be deemed not to be an elected member of the Legislative Council for the purposes of this section.