S.L. const.2 Art. 4Election of Deputy Speaker.

When the House first meets after any general election and before it proceeds to the despatch of any other business except the election of the Speaker, the House shall elect a member of the

House who is not a Minister or a Parliamentary Secretary to be the Deputy Speaker of the House; and, if the office of Deputy Speaker falls vacant at any time before the next dissolution of Parliament, the House shall, as soon as convenient, elect another member to the office.