(2) A member holding office as Speaker or Deputy Speaker shall vacate his office if he ceases to be a member of the Provincial Assembly, may at any time resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to the Governor, and may be removed from his office by a resolution of the Assembly passed by a majority of the total number of members thereof; but no resolution for the purpose of this clause shall be moved unless at least fourteen days notice has been given of the intention to move the resolution:
Provided that whenever the Provincial Assembly is dissolved the Speaker shall not, by virtue of the dissolution, vacate his office until immediately before the first meeting of the Assembly after the dissolution.
(3) While the office of Speaker is vacant, or the Speaker is for any reason unable to perform the duties of his office, those duties shall be performed by the Deputy Speaker, or if the office of Deputy Speaker is also vacant, by such member of the Assembly as the Governor may appoint for the purpose; and during any absence of the Speaker from any sitting of the Assembly the Deputy Speaker, or if he also is absent, such person as may be determined by the rules of procedure of the Assembly, shall act as Speaker.
88. Rules of procedure, quorum etc.- (1) Subject to the provisions of the Constitution-
(a.) the procedure of a Provincial Assembly shall be regulated by rules of procedure framed by the Assembly;
(b) a decision in a Provincial Assembly shall be taken by a majority of the members present and voting; but the person presiding shall not vote except when there is an equality of votes, in which case he shall have and exercise a casting vote:
(c) a Provincial Assembly shall have power to act notwithstanding any vacancy in the membership thereof, and any proceeding in the Assembly shall not be invalid only for the reason that some person who was not entitled to do so sat or voted, or otherwise took part in the proceedings.
(2) If at any time during a meeting of the Provincial Assembly the attention of the person presiding is drawn to the fact that less than forty members are present, it shall be the duty of the person presiding either to adjourn the Assembly, or to suspend the meeting until at least forty members are present.
89. Privileges, etc., of the members of the Provincial Assembly.- (1) The validity of any proceedings in a Provincial Assembly shall not be questioned in any court.
(2) No officer or member of a Provincial Assembly in whom powers are vested for the regulation of procedure, or the conduct of business, or the maintenance of order in the Assembly, shall, in relation to the exercise by him of any of those powers, be subject to the jurisdiction of any court.
(3) No member of a Provincial Assembly, and no person entitled to speak therein, shall be liable to any proceedings in any court in respect of anything said or any vote given by him in the Assembly or any committee thereof.
