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Article 178 — Every Legislative Assembly of a State shall, as soon as may be, choose two members of the Assemblyto be respectively Speaker and Deputy Speaker thereofand, so often as the office of Speaker or Deputy Speakerbecomes vacant, the Assembly shall choose anothermember to be Speaker or Deputy Speaker, as the casemay be.

Article
178
Chapter
CHAPTER II.—T HE EXECUTIVE — The Governor
Index row title
Every Legislative Assembly of a State shall, as soon as may be, choose two members of the Assemblyto be respectively Speaker and Deputy Speaker thereofand, so often as the office of Speaker or Deputy Speakerbecomes vacant, the Assembly shall choose anothermember to be Speaker or Deputy Speaker, as the casemay be.
Source document
India Constitution
Provision ID
6481ca6e-b8a9-4836-a3df-53e11a090e7d

43 words

Verbatim text

soon as may be, choose two members of the Assemblyto be respectively Speaker and Deputy Speaker thereofand, so often as the office of Speaker or Deputy Speakerbecomes vacant, the Assembly shall choose anothermember to be Speaker or Deputy Speaker, as the casemay be.

What this means

  • The index files this text under article 178 of the Constitution of India.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER II.—T HE EXECUTIVE — The Governor”.
  • The row is titled “Every Legislative Assembly of a State shall, as soon as may be, choose two members of the Assemblyto be respectively Speaker and Deputy Speaker thereofand, so often as the office of Speaker or Deputy Speakerbecomes vacant, the Assembly shall choose anothermember to be Speaker or Deputy Speaker, as the casemay be.”.
  • The passage runs to about 43 words.
  • Read plainly, it mentions assembly and association — it protects gathering together or joining a group, union or party (the words used: “Assemblyto”).

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