था :
(१) यो संविधान प्रारम्भ हुँदाका बखत कायम रहेका व्यवस्थापिका–संसदका सभामुख र उपसभामुख यस धारा बमोजिम अर्को सभामुख र उपसभामुख निर्वाचित नभएसम्म आ–आफ्नो पदमा बहाल रहनेछन् ।
(२) यो संविधान प्रारम्भ हुँदाका बखत व्यवस्थापिका–संसदको अधिवेशन चलिरहेको रहेछ भने यो संविधान प्रारम्भ भएको मितिले र अधिवेशन चलिरहेको रहेनछ भने धारा २९६ को उपधारा
(६) बमोजिम अधिवेशन आह्वान भएको मितिले बीस दिनभित्र व्यवस्थापिका–संसदका सदस्यहरूले आफूमध्येबाट राजनीतिक सहमतिको आधारमा एकजना सभामुख र एकजना उपसभामुखको निर्वाचन गर्नेछन् ।
(३) उपधारा
(२) बमोजिमको सहमति कायम हुन नसकेमा व्यवस्थापिका–संसदमा तत्काल कायम रहेका सम्पूर्ण सदस्य संख्याको बहुमत प्राप्त गर्ने व्यवस्थापिका–संसदको सदस्य व्यवस्थापिका–संसदको सभामुख वा उपसभामुख पदमा निर्वाचित भएको मानिनेछ ।
(४) उपधारा
(२) वा
(३) बमोजिम निर्वाचन गर्दा सभामुख र उपसभामुख व्यवस्थापिका–संसदमा प्रतिनिधित्व गर्ने अलग–अलग राजनीतिक दलबाट प्रतिनिधित्व गर्ने सदस्य हुनु पर्नेछ ।
(५) सभामुख वा उपसभामुखले यस संविधान बमोजिम आफ्नो कार्य सम्पादन गर्दा कुनै पनि राजनीतिक दलको पक्ष वा विपक्षमा नरही तटस्थ व्यक्तिको हैसियतले गर्नेछ ।
(६) देहायको कुनै अवस्थामा सभामुख वा उपसभामुखको पद रिक्त हुनेछः–
(क) निजले लिखित राजीनामा दिएमा,
(ख) व्यवस्थापिका–संसदमा निजको सदस्यता नरहेमा,
(ग) निजले पद अनुकूलको आचरण गरेको छैन भन्ने प्रस्ताव व्यवस्थापिका संसदका सम्पूर्ण सदस्य संख्याको कम्तीमा दुई तिहाइ सदस्यको बहुमतबाट पारित भएमा,
(घ) निजको मृत्यु भएमा ।
(७) व्यवस्थापिका संसदको सभामुखले पद अनुकूलको आचरण गरेको छैन भन्ने प्रस्ताव उपर छलफल हुने बैठकको अध्यक्षता उपसभामुख वा अन्य कुनै सदस्यले गर्नेछ र त्यस्तो प्रस्तावको छलफलमा सभामुखले भाग लिन र मत दिन पाउनेछ ।
(८) सभामुख र उपसभामुखको निर्वाचन सम्बन्धी अन्य प्रक्रिया र सभामुख वा उपसभामुखले पद अनुकूलको आचरण नगरेको भन्ने प्रस्ताव पेश गर्ने र पारित गर्ने प्रक्रिया तत्काल प्रचलित व्यवस्थापिका–संसदको नियमावली बमोजिम हुनेछ ।
(1) The Speaker and Deputy Speaker existing at the time of commencement of this Constitution shall continue to hold their respective offices until another Speaker and Deputy Speaker is elected pursuant to this Constitution. 212
(2) The members of the Legislature-Parliament shall, on the basis of political understanding, elect one Speaker and one Deputy Speaker from themselves no later than twenty days after the date of the commencement of this Constitution where the Legislature-Parliament is not in recess at the time of commencement of this Constitution, and after the date on which the session of the Legislature-Parliament is summoned in accordance with clause
(6) of Article 296 where the Legislature-Parliament is in recess.
(3) In the event of failure to have an understanding under clause
(2), a member of the Legislature-Parliament who commands a majority of all the then members of the Legislature-Parliament shall be deemed to be elected as the Speaker or Deputy Speaker.
(4) In holding electing in accordance with clause
(2) or
(3), the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker shall be members representing different political parties in the Legislature-Parliament.
(5) In discharging his or her functions in accordance with this Constitution, the Speaker or Deputy Speaker shall so discharge functions in the capacity of a neutral person without standing for or against any political party whatsoever.
(6) The office of the Speaker or Deputy Speaker shall become vacant in any of the following circumstances:
(a) if he or she resigns in writing,
(b) if he or she ceases to be a member of the Legislature-Parliament,
(c) if a resolution is passed by a majority of at least two-thirds of the total number of the members of the Legislature-Parliament to the effect that his or her conduct is not compatible with his or her office,
(d) if he or she dies. 213
(7) The Deputy Speaker or another member shall preside over a meeting at which deliberations are to be held on a resolution that the conduct of the Speaker of the Legislature-Parliament is not compatible with his or her office, and the Speaker may take part and vote in the deliberations on such resolution.
(8) Other procedures on the election to the Speaker and Deputy Speaker and procedures on the moving and passage of a motion that the Speaker or Deputy Speaker has committed conduct not compatible with his or her office shall be as provided by the then prevailing rules of the Legislature- Parliament.
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