CONSTITUTION OF THE CO-OPERATIVE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA ACT

LAWS OF GUYANA

Source -- http://www.oas.org/juridico/sp...guy_constitution.pdf

Section 227 of the Act

227. (1)Save as otherwise provided in this Constitution, in the exercise of its functions under this Constitution a Commission shall not be subject to the direction or control of any other person or authority.

      (2) Subject to affirmative resolution of the National Assembly,a commission shall make rules, relating to the procedure of the commission; and until such rules are made, the commission shall regulate its own procedure

    (3) A Commission may, subject to the next following paragraph, act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership or the absence of any member and its proceedings shall not be invalidated by the presence or participation of any person not entitled to be present at or to participate in those proceedings.

    (4) Any question for decision by a Commission shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members of the Commission present and voting at a meeting of the Commission at which a quorum is present, and if on any question the votes are equally divided the Chairman or other member presiding shall have a casting vote in addition to his original vote:

   Provided that, where the votes are equally divided on the question whether any power to remove a public officer from his office should be exercised, the Chairman or other member presiding shall not have a casting vote and the Commission shall be deemed to have decided that power should not be exercised.

    (5) For the purposes of the preceding paragraph a quorum shall consist, in the case of the Elections Commission, of the Chairman and not less than four members, two of whom have been appointed by the President in his own deliberate judgment and two from among members appointed on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition tendered in accordance with article 161(3)(b):

    (i) without just cause, such just cause being determined by the Chairman, the meeting shall stand adjourned to a day not later than two days; or

   (ii)in the case of the declaration of the results of the election of the President, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the following day, at the same time and place and notice of such adjournment shall be given to the absent members; and if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present, the members then present,being not less than four including the Chairman, shall be deemed to constitute a quorum and any decision made at that or any such meeting shall be valid in law and binding.”.

(6) Any question whether—

  (a) a Commission has validly performed any function vested in it by or under this Constitution;

  (b) any member of a Commission or any other person has validly performed any function delegated to such member or person by a Commission in pursuance of the provisions of this Constitution; or

  (c) any member of a Commission or any other person has validly performed any other function in relation to the work of the Commission or in relation to any such function as is referred to in the preceding subparagraph,

shall not be enquired into in any court.

(7) In this article, except as otherwise provided or required by the context, the expression “Commission” means the Elections Commission, the Judicial Service Commission, the Public Service Commission, the Teaching Service Commission, or the Police Service Commission:

    Provided that (without prejudice to the power of Parliament to make provision in relation to the functions of the Elections Commission) in the preceding paragraph that expression does not include the Elections Commission.

228. Notwithstanding any provision of this Constitution relating to the making of appointments to, removal of persons from, or the vacation of, any office, Parliament may provide for the imposition of disqualification for any office prescribed by Parliament on any person convicted by a court of an offence relating to excitement of hostility or ill-will against any person or class of persons on the grounds of his or their race.

Posting on a tablet out here in the wild woods is difficult to add something ...well not something to the conversation, just a pic of a big bamsy shaking it. That's what all dah stuff means right bout now.

@cain posted:

Posting on a tablet out here in the wild woods is difficult to add something ...well not something to the conversation, just a pic of a big bamsy shaking it. That's what all dah stuff means right bout now.

Exactly.

The 12th Parliament begins on Tuesday so finally the government will be able to set appropriations to run the country.

In 20 minutes the PNC would have exhausted their right to contest the August 2nd declaration. Like the previous 5 years, they squandered their opportunity to file their petition.

Dem_Guy ,

Words ,Sentences ,Articles ,Clauses ..etc in Constitutions aren't in the realm of Pick and Choose ,it's read in entirety.

Indeed Django

One needs to read the entire section, plus related parts, to understand issues.

Funny thing is...with all that Reading everyone comes away with a different meaning,causing an argument....my take from it was bamsy shakin

I am still trying to figure out the purpose of this thread. It seems abrupt.

I opened one about a write-up of Jagdeo which was very elaborate but it disappeared without any explanation why that action was taken. At least there was enough information there to address or assail.

@Former Member posted:

I am still trying to figure out the purpose of this thread. It seems abrupt.

I opened one about a write-up of Jagdeo which was very elaborate but it disappeared without any explanation why that action was taken. At least there was enough information there to address or assail.

What thread was taken away ? is it an old thread ?