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}-{L{I300.1 The National Assembly shall consist of
, according to the Constitution, a Senate composed
 of one member per province (and Kernsopolis) and 
a Chamber of Deputies, selected proportionally nat
ion-wide.{{br{}{L{I{{br{}{L{I300.2 The rules and p
rocedures of the two houses shall be placed within
 Title III of the Federal Code, but only for easy 
reference and are not subject to presidential veto
.{{br{}{L{I{{br{}{L{I300.3 Rules regarding the ele
ctions for the legislative branch and all other el
ections, refer to Title VII of the Federal Code.{{
br{}{L{I{{br{}{L{I300.4 Title III shall be organis
ed by the following numerical scheme:{{br{}{L{IPar
t I (300-309.999) Administrative - General{{br{}{L
{IPart II (310-319.999) General Regulations{{br{}
{L{IPart III (320-329.999) Joint Rules (non-veto)
{{br{}{L{IPart IV (330-339.999) Senate Rules (non-
veto){{br{}{L{IPart V (340-349.999) Chamber Rules 
(non-veto){{br{}{L{I{{br{}{L{ICHAPTER 310 - BY-ELE
CTIONS ACT (99-018){{br{}{L{I{{br{}{L{I310.1 Whene
ver there is a vacancy in the Senate the President
 Pro Tempore (or the president of the Commonwealth
 if there is no President Pro Tempore) must, withi
n 72 hours, call nominations to fill the vacancy.
{{br{}{L{I{{br{}{L{I310.2 Nominations must be open
 for a period of 7 days.{{br{}{L{I{{br{}{L{I310.3 
Voting must commence on the close of nominations a
nd be open for a period of 96 hours and no longer.
{{br{}{L{I{{br{}{L{I310.4 Ballots must be counted 
by the Electoral Commissioner, or by the most juni
or justice of the Supreme Court if there is no Ele
ctoral Commissioner.{{br{}{L{I{{br{}{L{I310.5 An i
nterim senator may be appointed in the same manner
 as vacancies are filled in the Chamber and an int
erim senator until the election of the new senator
.{{br{}{L{I{{br{}{L{I310.6 The Electoral Code appl
ies save as herein otherwise prescribed
}+       {L{I300.1 Article 4 of the Constitution p
rovides for the National Assembly.{{br{}{L{I{{br{}
       {L{I300.2 This Title provides for the rules
 and procedures of the National Assembly, but thes
e rules are not subject to presidential veto.{{br
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ral Code provides for legislative elections.{{br{}
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{I{{br{} {L{I310.1 The National Assembly must, bef
ore proceeding to the despatch of any other busine
ss, elect a deputy to be the Speaker of the Assemb
ly, and as often as the office of Speaker becomes 
vacant the Assembly shall again elect a member to 
be the Speaker.{{br{}{L{I{{br{}       {L{I310.2 Th
e Speaker shall cease to hold office if they cease
 to be a deputy. They may be removed from office b
y a vote of the assembly, or may resign office by 
writing addressed to the President.{{br{}{L{I{{br
{}{L{I310.3 Before or during any absence of the Sp
eaker, the National Assembly may elect a deputy to
 act as speaker during the absence.{{br{}{L{I{{br
{}       {L{I310.4 The Chief Justice must preside 
at any election for speaker. Nominations must be o
pen for 72 hours and no longer, the poll must comm
ence immediately that nominations close, and votin
g in the poll must be for 72 hours and no longer. 
The election must be by STV.{{br{}{L{I{{br{}      
 {L{I310.5 The National Assembly may also elect a 
Speaker by unanimous consent
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