Article 8 Amendment of section 32 of Constitution

Section 32 of the Constitution shall be amended:—

(a)

by replacing subsection (2) by the following:—

“(2)

The Speaker shall be elected from among the elected members of the Council or persons qualified to be elected members of the Council, other than Ministers, and no person shall be elected as Speaker if he is a person disqualified for election as a member of the Council by virtue of any provision of section 29(1) of this Order other than paragraph (g).”;

(b)

in subsection (4)(d)(ii), by substituting the words “paragragh (g)” for the words “paragraph (h)”; and

(c)

in subsection (4)(d), by inserting immediately after subparagraph (iv) the word “or” and the following new subparagraph:—

“(v)

if he is appointed to be a member of the Executive Council;”.