(2) Provisions should be made regarding the election and removal of the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman on the following lines:
- (a) The Legislature of each Unit should, as soon as may be, choose two members of the Legislature of the Unit to be, respectively, Chairman, and Deputy Chairman thereof and, so often as the office of the Chairman or Deputy Chairman becomes vacant, the Legislature of the Unit should choose another member to be Chairman or Deputy Chairman, as the case may be.
- (b) A member holding office as Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the Legislature of a Unit should vacate his office if he ceases to be a member of the Legislature of the Unit, and may at any time resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to the Head of the Unit and may be removed from his office by a resolution of the Legislature of the Unit passed by a majority of all the then members of the legislature of the Unit, but no resolution for the purpose of this sub-paragraph should be moved unless at least fourteen days notice has been given of the intention to move the resolution.
- (c) While the office of the Chairman is vacant, the duties of the office should be performed by the Deputy Chairman, or if the office of the Deputy Chairman is also vacant, by such member of the Legislature of the Unit as the Head of the Unit may appoint for the purpose. During the absence of the Chairman from any sitting of the Legislature of the Unit, the Deputy Chairman or, if he is also absent, such person as may be determined by the rules of procedure of the Legislature of the Unit, or if no such person also is present, such other person as may be determined by the Legislature of the Unit, should act as Chairman.
- (d) While acting as Chairman of the Legislature of the Unit, the Deputy Chairman should exercise similar powers as the presiding officer. There should also be provision for the delegation of powers relating to admissibility of questions, resolutions, bills and motions by the Chairman to the Deputy Chairman or to the person who acts as Chairman of the meeting in the absence of the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman.
114. Salary and allowances of the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman - There should be paid to the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Legislature of a Unit such salaries and allowances as may be determined by Act of the Legislature of the Unit, and until provision in that behalf is so made such salaries and allowances as were payable immediately before the commencement of the Constitution to the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Legislature, provided that these should not be varied to the disadvantage of an incumbent during his term of office.
115. The Chairman and the Deputy Chairman not to preside when a resolution for his removal is under discussion.-At any sitting of the House of the Legislature of a Unit while a resolution for the removal of the Chairman or of the Deputy Chairman from his office is under discussion, the Chairman or the Deputy Chairman, as the case may be, should not preside though he is present; but he should have the right, to speak in or otherwise take part in the proceedings of the House.
