(d) if he has been convicted of any offence other than those specified
- under sub- paragraph (c) above before on after the commencement of the Constitution by a competent court in Pakistan and sentenced to life imprisonment or to imprisonment for not less than two years, unless a period of five years has elapsed since his release.
51. Decision on questions as to disqualification of members. If any question arises as to whether a member of either House of the Federal Legislature has become subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in paragraphs 42 and 48, the Chairman of the House concerned should obtain the opinion of the Election Commission and should act in accordance with such opinion.
52. Penalty for sitting and voting by persons not qualified or when disqualified- If a person sits or votes as a member of either House of the Federal Legislature, before he has taken the prescribed oath, or when he knows that he is not qualified or is disqualified for membership thereof, or when he is prohibited from so doing by the provision of any law made by the Federal Legislature, he should be liable in respect of each day on which he so sits or votes to a penalty of five hundred rupees to be recovered as a debt due to the Federal Government.
53. Absence without leave: -Provision should be made that a member should vacate his seat if he absents himself from the Legislature for sixty consecutive sitting days without leave of the House.
54. Term of the Federal Legislature: The life of either House of the Federal Legislature should be five years, unless sooner dissolved.
55. Summoning of the Houses of the Federal Legislature: (1) The Legislature should be summoned by the Head of the State.
(2) Not less than two sessions should be held every year, and not more than six months should elapse between the last day of one session and the first day of the next.
(3) The Legislature should be summoned within three months from the date of the appointment of the Prime Minister.
56. Summoning of joint session of the Houses of the Federal Legislature: -(1) The Legislature, should be summoned for a joint sitting in the following cases:
(a) conflict between the two Houses of the Federal Legislature;
(b) election and removal of the Head of the State;
(c) framing of rules for joint sittings and for certain Secretariat appointments common to both Houses;
(d) in any other case for which provision has been made in the Constitution.
(2) The power to convene a joint sitting should vest in the Head of the State except in the case of sub-paragraph (1) (b) above, when the authority to summon the Legislature to
