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Oath of Allegiance.
Cap. 13.
Allowances
to Senators and Members of Parliament.
Privileges
CEYLON GOVT. GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY
of Senate and House of Representatives.
Staff of Parliament.
MAY 17, 1946
(2) Whenever the seat of a Member of Parliament falls vacant under this Section except upon a dissolution of Parliament, the Clerk to the House of Representatives shall inform the Governor who shall (except in the case of a Member appointed under the provisions of subsection (2) of Section 11 of this Order), within one month, by notice in the Government Gazette, order the holding of an election to fill the vacancy.
25. Except for the purpose of electing the President or the Speaker, no Senator or Member of Parliament shall sit or vote in the Senate or the House of Representatives until he has taken and subscribed before the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the case may be, the oath of allegiance in accordance with the provisions of the Promissory Oaths Ordinance or shall have made the appropriate affirmation in lieu thereof as provided in the said Ordinance.
26. If provision is made by law for the payment to Senators or Members of Parliament of any remuneration or allowance in their capacity as Senators or Members of Parliament, the receipt by any Senator or Member of Parliament of such remuneration or allowance shall not disqualify him from sitting or voting in the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the case may be.
27.-(1) The privileges, immunities and powers of the Senate and the House of Representatives and of Senators and Members of Parliament may be determined and regulated by Act of Parliament, but no such privileges, immunities or powers shall exceed those for the time being held or enjoyed by the Commons House of Parliament of the United Kingdom or of its Members.
(2) Until Parliament otherwise provides, the privileges of the Senate and the House of Representatives and of Senators and Members of Parliament shall be the same as the privileges of the State Council and of its Members at the date on which it is last dissolved.
28. (1) There shall be a Clerk to the Senate who shall be appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the President. (2) There shall be a Clerk to the House of Representatives who shall be appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Speaker.
(3) The members of the staff of the Clerk to the Senate shall be appointed by him in consultation with the President.
(4) The members of the staff of the Clerk to the House of Representatives shall be appointed by him in consultation with the Speaker.
(5) The Clerk to the Senate, the Clerk to the House of Representa- tives and the members of their staffs shall, while they hold their offices as such, be disqualified for being elected or appointed as a Senator or as a Member of Parliament or for sitting or voting in the Senate or the House of Representatives.
(6) The Clerk to the Senate and the Clerk to the House of Repre- sentatives shall not be removable except by the Governor on an address of the Senate, or of the House of Representatives, as the case may be :
Provided that, unless Parliament otherwise provides, the age for their retirement shall be sixty years.
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