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Existing National Assembly A.L. (21)
Existing members of
Assembly
Republic of Tanganyika (Consequential Provisions)
Parliament
19. (1) The National Assembly established by the Tanganyika (National Assembly) Orders in Council, 1926 to 1961, and continued in being by subsection (1) of section 6 of the 1961 Order (hereinafter refer- red to as "the existing National Assembly") shall be the National Assembly for the purposes of the Republican Constitution during the period beginning with the commencement of that Constitution and ending with the first dissolution of Parliament thereafter (hereinafter referred to as "the interim period").
(2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (4) of section 44 of the Republican Constitution, Parliament shall, unless sooner dissolved, stand dissolved on the eleventh day of October, 1964.
(3) During the interim period, the provisions of the Republican Con- stitution mentioned in Part I of the Second Schedule to this Act shall not have effect, the provisions set out in Part II of that Schedule shall have effect in lieu thereof and the provisions of the Republican Constitu- tion mentioned in column 1 of Part III of that Schedule shall have effect subject to the modifications specified in column 2 of that Part:
Provided that any provision of this section or of the Second Schedule to this Act whereby any provision of the Republican Constitution shall not have effect during the interim period, or shall have effect during that period subject to modifications, or whereby other provision shall have effect in lieu thereof, shall not operate with respect to the exercise during that period of any function for the purposes of elections to the National Assembly that are to be held after the expiration of that period. 20. The persons who, immediately before the commencement of the the National Republican Constitution, are members of the existing National Assembly shall continue to be members of the National Assembly after the commencement of that Constitution, and as from that time shall be deemed to have been elected or appointed thereto in pursuance of the provisions of the Republican Constitution then having effect (including any modifications to those provisions specified in Part III of the Second Schedule to this Act and any provisions having effect in lieu of those provisions set out in Part II of that Schedule) and shall hold their seats in the National Assembly in accordance therewith; and such members shall be deemed to have complied with any requirement of the Republican Constitution to take and subscribe any oath on election or appointment:
Speaker and Deputy Speaker
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to the person declared by the Republican Constitution to be the first President of Tanganyika or to any person who is not a citizen of Tanganyika, but every such person shall vacate his seat in the National Assembly on the commencement of the Republican Constitution.
21. The person who immediately before the commencement of the Republican Constitution is the Speaker of the existing National Assembly and the person who immediately before the last prorogation of the National Assembly before the commencement of that Constitution is the Deputy Speaker of the existing National Assembly shall continue to be the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker respectively of the National Assembly after the commencement of that Constitution, and as from that time shall be deemed to have been elected as such in pursuance