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Voting
Cap. 4, s. 73 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) Save as otherwise provided in this Constitution, all questions proposed for decision in either House shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members thereof present and voting.
(2) A Speaker elected from among persons who are members of the House of Representatives or a President elected from among persons who are Senators or a member of either House presiding in that House shall have an original but not a casting vote.
(3) A Speaker elected from among persons who are not members of the House of Representatives or a President 94 elected from among persons who are not Senators shall have no vote.
(4) If upon any question before either House the votes of the members are equally divided the motion shall be lost.
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