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CHAPTER II PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL

Jurisdiction: Antigua and Barbuda
Provision: 8
Source language: English
Recorded status: in force

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8. The Governor-General may summon the Houses of Parliament to meet for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section notwithstanding that Parliament stands dissolved, and the persons who were members of the Senate and the House immediately before the dissolution shall be deemed, for those purposes, still to be members of those Houses, but, subject to the provisions of sections 33 and 42 of this Constitution (which relate to the election of the President, Vice-President, the Speaker, and the Deputy Speaker) a House of Parliament shall not, when summoned by virtue of this subsection, transact any business other than debating and voting upon a resolution for the purpose of subsection (2) of this section. INTERPRETATION AND SAVINGS 21.-

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Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda · wipo.int · Retrieved 18 August 2026.

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