-(1) There shall be a Speaker of the National Assembly who shall be

84.-(1) There shall be a Speaker of the National Assembly who shall be functions elected by the Members of Parliament from amongst persons who are Members of Act No.15 of 1984 Parliament or who are qualified to be Members of Parliament and shall be the Art.14 Leader of the National Assembly in all other institutions and meetings. Act No.4 of 1992 (2) A Minister, a Deputy Minister or a person holding any other office Art.31 prescribed by a law enacted by Parliament for the purposes of this Article shall not Act No.12 of 1995 be elected Speaker. Art.15 (3) Any person elected Speaker shall be required, before the expiration of fifteen days of his election, to submit to the President a formal declaration that he has not lost the qualifications for election in terms of the provisions of paragraph (d) of subarticle (2) of Article 67. The declaration shall be made in a special form prescribed in accordance with a law enacted by Parliament. (4) The President shall transmit to the Ethics Commissioner a copy of every formal declaration submitted to him in accordance with the provisions of subarticle (3) of this Article. (5) The Speaker shall be required to submit to the President two copies of a formal statement regarding his property and that of his spouse. The Speaker shall submit such statement in a special form prescribed for that purpose in accordance with a law enacted by Parliament, and shall submit such statement from time to time as shall be directed by that law. (6) The provisions of subarticles (2) and (3) of Article 70 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to any statement regarding property submitted by the Speaker in accordance with the provisions of this Article. (7) The Speaker shall cease to be Speaker and shall vacate his office upon the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) where that person was elected from amongst Members of Parliament, he ceases to be a Member of Parliament for any reason other than the dissolution of Parliament; (b) if anything happens which, had he not been Speaker, would disqualify such person from election, or make him lose the qualifications for being elected Speaker; (c) when the National Assembly meets for the first time after General Elections held following the dissolution of Parliament, provided that the provisions of this paragraph shall operate subject to the provisions of subarticle (4) of Article 90 of this Constitution; (d) if that person is removed from the office of Speaker by a resolution of the National Assembly supported by not less than two-thirds of all Members of Parliament; (e) if that person fails to submit to the President a formal declaration in accordance with the provisions of subarticle (3) of this Article; (f) if that person is convicted of the offence of perjury contrary to the provisions of the Penal Code concerning any formal declaration submitted in accordance with the provisions of subarticle (3) of this Article; (g) if that person fails to submit to the President a statement regarding his property in accordance with subarticle (5) of this Article before the expiration of the period stipulated for that purpose in accordance with a law enacted by Parliament; or (h) if it is proved that, that person has contravened the provisions of the law concerning the ethics of public leaders. (8) No business (other than the election of the Speaker) shall be conducted in the National Assembly while the office of Speaker is vacant. (9) Any person not being a Member of Parliament, who is elected Speaker shall be required, before commencing to discharge the functions of his office, to take and subscribe the oath of allegiance before the National Assembly.