Article 112 — Sessions of Parliament

(1) A session of Parliament shall be held at such p lace within Ghana and shall commence at such time as the Speaker may, by constitutional ins trument, appoint. (2) A session of Parliament shall be held at least once a year, so that the period between the last sitting of Parliament in one session and the f irst sitting of Parliament in the next session does not amount to twelve months. (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this art icle, fifteen percent of members of Parliament may request a meeting of Parliament; and the Speaker shall, within seven days after the receipt of the request, summon Parliament . (4) Subject to clause (2) of article 113 of this Co nstitution, a general election of members of Parliament shall be held within thirty days before the expiration of the period specified in clause (1) of that article; and a session of Parlia ment shall be appointed to commence within fourteen days after the expiration of that period. 3[(5) Whenever a vacancy occurs in Parliament, the C lerk of Parliament shall notify the Electoral Commission in writing within seven days a fter becoming aware that the vacancy has occurred; and a by-election shall be held within th irty days after the vacancy occurred except that where the vacancy occurred through the death o f a member, the by-election shall be held within sixty days after the occurrence of the vacan cy.] (6) Notwithstanding clause (5) of this article, a b y-election shall not be held within three months before the holding of a general election.