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Article 41 Prorogation and dissolution of Parliament (1) The Speaker, in accordance with the advice of the President, may at any time prorogue Parliament. (2) The Speaker shall, if he is advised by the President to dissolve Parliament, refer the advice of the President to Parliament as soon as practicable and in any case before the expiration of fourteen days after his receipt of the advice. [cl (2) am GN No 72/1968, opn 17 May 1968] (3) For the purposes of clause (2) of this Article, and notwithstanding Article 40, the Speaker shall, if necessary, appoint a time for the beginning of session, or for a sitting, of Parliament. (4) Where the Speaker has, under clause (2) of this Article, referred the advice of the President to Parliament, and no resolution for the removal from office of the President and Ministers under Article 24 is approved after the date on which the advice was so referred, he shall dissolve Parliament on the seventh day after that date. (5) The President may withdraw his advice at any time before the Speaker has dissolved Parliament and where the President so withdraws his advice, the Speaker shall not dissolve Parliament. (6) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Article, where a resolution for the removal from office of the President and Ministers is approved under Article 24, the Speaker shall not: (a) prorogue Parliament; or (b) dissolve Parliament, during the period of seven days after the day on which the resolution is approved. (7) Parliament shall, unless sooner dissolved, continue for a period of three years from and including the date of the first sitting of Parliament after any dissolution and shall then stand dissolved.