meet in a joint sitting should vest in the person who is entitled to preside over the joint sittings.
57. Prorogation of the Federal Legislature:— The Federal Legislature should he prorogued by an order of the Head of the State.
58. Dissolution of the Federal Legislature.- (1) Authority to dissolve the House of the People should vest in the Head of the State.
(2) No dissolution should take place on the advice of the Caretaker ministry which functions between the date of the dissolution of the Legislature and the formation of a new Ministry after fresh elections.
(3) If a contingency arises wherein no such Ministry as can command the confidence of the House of the People can be formed, the Head of the State should be authorized to dissolve the House of the people in exercise of his discretion and hold fresh elections.
59. Powers of the two Houses inter se and provision for conflict:—In all matters, other than the Budget, Money Bills and motions of confidence or no-confidence, the two Houses of the Federal Legislature should have equal powers, and in case of conflict on any question, a joint sitting of both the Houses should be called for taking a decision.
60. Right of Ministers and Advocate-General as respects the Federal Legis- lature:— (1) The Ministers including Ministers of State. Deputy Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries should have the right to address either House of the Legislature even though they may not be members of that House. A Minister including a Minister of State, a Deputy Minister and a Parliamentary Secretary should not vote in the House of which he is not a member.
(2) The Advocate-General should have no right of vote in either House, but he should be entitled to address either House or a joint sitting of the two Houses of the Federal Legislature.
61. The Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Federal Legislature:— (1) Each House of the Federal Legislature should have a Chairman and a Deputy Chairman.
(2) Provision should be made regarding the election and removal of the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman on the following lines:
- (a) Each House of the Federal Legislature should, as soon as may be, choose two members of the House to be, respectively, Chairman and Deputy Chairman thereof and, so often as the Office of Chairman or Deputy Chairman becomes vacant, the House concerned should choose another member to be Chairman or Deputy Chairman as the case may be.
- (b) A member holding office as Chairman or Deputy Chairman of any of the Houses should vacate his office if he ceases to be a member of the House, and
- The Honourable Dr. L. H. Qureshi dissented and was of the opinion that the two House should have equal powers in all respects including the Budget and Money Bills,
