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Article 34 Speaker of Parliament (1) Parliament shall, before it proceeds to the despatch of any other business, elect one of its members to be Speaker and, whenever the office of Speaker is vacant, shall not transact any business other than the election of one of its members to fill that office. (2) A member of the Cabinet is not qualified to be elected Speaker. [cl (2) insrt GN No 72/1968, opn 17 May 1968] (3) The Speaker ceases to hold office: (a) when Parliament first meets after a dissolution; (b) upon ceasing to be a member of Parliament otherwise than by reason only of its dissolution; (c) upon becoming a member of the Cabinet; (d) upon being removed from office by a resolution of Parliament; or (e) upon resigning his office by writing under his hand delivered to the Clerk of Parliament. [cl (3) subst GN No 72/1968, opn 17 May 1968] Service 1 6402 Job: (unknown)/ron/allvols/serv_1/RON.CONSTIN Page: 22 Date: 30/8/2022 Time: 17:27:53 bwpageid:: 6402:: bwservice::1::