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CEYLON GOVT. GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

MAY 17, 1946

795

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (k) of subsection (3) of this Section, the acceptance by a Senator or Member of Parliament of any allowance or other payment made to him by any trade union or other organisation solely for the purposes of his maintenance shall not be deemed to be the acceptance of a bribe or gratification.

14.-(1) Any person who-

(a) having been appointed or elected a Member of the Senate or House of Representatives, but not having been, at the time of such appointment or election, qualified to be so appointed or elected, shall sit or vote in the Senate or House of Representatives, or

(b) shall sit or vote in the Senate or House of Representatives after his seat therein has become vacant or he has become disqualified from sitting or voting therein,

knowing, or having reasonable grounds for knowing, that he was so disqualified, or that his seat has become vacant, as the case may be, shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred rupees for every day upon which he so sits or votes.

(2) The penalty imposed by this Section shall be recoverable by action in the District Court of Colombo instituted by any person who may sue for it:

Provided that no such action, having been instituted, shall proceed further unless the leave of the District Judge of the Court is obtained.

(3) Where, after the institution of any action in pursuance of the provisions of this Section, no steps in pursuit of the action are taken by the person instituting the action for any period of three months the action shall be dismissed with costs.

15.-(1) The Governor may, from time to time, by Proclamation summon, prorogue, or dissolve Parliament.

(2) Parliament shall be summoned to meet once at least in every year.

(3) A Proclamation proroguing Parliament shall fix a date for the next session, not being more than four months after the date of the Proclamation :

Provided that, at any time while Parliament stands prorogued, (a) the Governor may by Proclamation summon Parliament for an earlier date (not being less than three days from the date of such Proclamation);

(b) the Governor may dissolve Parliament.

(4) A Proclamation dissolving Parliament shall fix a date or dates for the general election of Members of Parliament, and shall summon a new Parliament to meet on a date not later than four months after the date of the Proclamation.

(5) If there arises, after the dissolution of Parliament, an emer- gency of such a nature that, in the opinion of the Prime Minister, an earlier meeting of Parliament is necessary, the Governor may by Proclamation summon the Parliament which has been dissolved for a date not less than three days from the date of such Procla- mation, and such Parliament may be kept in session until the meeting of the new Parliament.

Penalty for sitting or voting in Senate or House of Represen- tatives when disqualified.

Sessions of Parliament.