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Paragraph 41 The House of Assembly

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(1)

The House of Assembly shall consist of—

(a)

a Speaker, elected as provided in section 42;

(b)

fifteen elected members;

(c)

four appointed members; and

(d)

the Attorney General.

(2)

A law made under section 59 may increase the number of elected members of the House of Assembly; but no such law shall come into force—

(a)

unless a bill providing for the electoral districts and their boundaries to take account of the additional elected members in accordance with section 58 has been passed; and

(b)

until the dissolution of the House of Assembly next following the enactment of such law.