Unqualified persons sitting or voting.
22. Any person who sits or votes in Parliament knowing or having reasonable grounds for knowing that he is not entitled to do so shall be liable to a penalty of twenty pounds for each day on which he so sits or votes. Such penalty shall be recoverable by the Minister responsible for finance for the benefit of the Consolidated Revenue Fund by civil action.
Notification of vacancies.
23.(1)Whenever a vacancy occurs in Parliament from any cause, other than as the result of an election petition, the Speaker shall, upon a resolution of Parliament declaring such vacancy, inform the Officer Administering the Government thereof.
(2)If such vacancy occurs when Parliament is not meeting, the Speaker (or in the case of the death, incapacity or absence from Rhodesia of the Speaker, the Clerk of Parliament) shall, on a certificate under the hands of two Members of Parliament, stating that such vacancy has occurred and the cause thereof, inform the Officer Administering the Government.
(3) The Officer Administering the Government on receiving such information shall without delay cause the necessary steps to be taken for filling such vacancy in accordance with the law for the time being in force relating to the election of members to Parliament
Validity of proceeding.
24. Subject to the provisions of section 30, Parliament shall not be disqualified for the transaction of business by reason of any vacancy among the Members thereof, including any vacancy not filled when Parliament is reconstituted at any time; and any proceedings therein shall be valid notwithstanding that some person who was not entitled so to do sat or voted in Parliament or otherwise took part in the proceedings.
General elections.
25. A general election shall be held within such period, not exceeding four months, after any dissolution of Parliament as the Officer Administering the Government may, by proclamation in the Gazette, prescribe.
Part 2—General Powers and Procedure
Power to make laws.
26.(1) The Legislature shall have power to make laws (to be entitled "Acts") for the peace, order and good government of Rhodesia.
(2)The powers of the Legislature shall extend to the making of laws having extra-territorial operation.
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