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(2) At any joint sitting of the Senate and House of Representatives - (a) the President of Senate shall preside, and in his absence the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall preside; and (b) in the absence of the persons mentioned in paragraph (a) of this subsection, the Deputy President of the Senate shall preside, and in his absence the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives shall preside. (3) In the absence of the persons mentioned in the foregoing provisions of this section, such member of the Senate or the House of Representatives or of the joint sitting, as the case may be, as the Senate or the House of Representatives or the joint sitting may elect for that purpose shall preside. 54. Quorum (1) The quorum of the Senate or of the House of Representatives shall be one-third of all the members on of the legislative house concerned. (2) The quorum of a joint sitting of both the Senate or of the House of Representatives shall be one-third of all the members of both Houses. (3) If objection is taken by any member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives present that there are present in the House of which he is a member (besides the person presiding) fewer than one-third of all the members of that House and that it is not competent for the House to transact business, and after such interval as may be prescribed in the rules of procedure of the House, the person presiding ascertains that the number of members present is still less than one-third of all the members of the House, he shall adjourn the House. (4) The foregoing provisions of this section shall apply in relation to a joint sitting of both Houses of the National Assembly as they apply in relation to a House of the National Assembly as if references to the Senate or the House of Representatives and to a member of either Houses are references to both Houses and to any member of the National Assembly, respectively. 56 The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Updated with the First, Second , Third and Fourth Alterations