(3) For the purpose of election to a Provincial Assembly,—
(a) the constituencies for the general seats shall be single member territorial constituencies
and the members to fill such seats shall be elected by direct and free vote;
(b) each Province shall be a single constituency for all seats reserved for women and non
Muslims allocated to the respective Provinces under clause (1);
(c) the members to fill seats reserved for women and non Muslims allocated to a Province
under clause (1) shall be elected in accordance with law through proportional
representation system of political parties‘ lists of candidates on the basis of the total
number of general seats secured by each political party in the Provincial Assembly:
Provided that for the purpose of this subclause, the total number of general seats won by a
political party shall include the independent returned candidate or candidates who may duly join such
political party within three days of the publication in the official Gazette of the names of the returned
candidates.]
107. Duration of Provincial Assembly. A Provincial Assembly shall, unless sooner dissolved,
continue for a term of five years from the day of its first meeting and shall stand dissolved at the
expiration of its term.
108. Speaker and Deputy Speaker. After a general election, a Provincial Assembly shall, at its
first meeting and to the exclusion of any other business, elect from amongst its members a Speaker
and a Deputy Speaker and, so often as the office of Speaker or Deputy Speaker becomes vacant, the
Assembly shall elect another member as Speaker or, as the case may be, Deputy Speaker.
109. Summoning and prorogation of Provincial Assembly. The Governor may from time to
time—
(a) summon the Provincial Assembly to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit; and
(b) prorogue the Provincial Assembly.
110. Right of Governor to address Provincial Assembly. The Governor may address the
Provincial Assembly and may for that purpose require the attendance of the members.
111. Right to speak in Provincial Assembly. The AdvocateGeneral shall have the right to speak
and otherwise take part in the proceedings of the Provincial Assembly or any committee thereof of
which he may be named a member, but shall not by virtue of this Article be entitled to vote.
1[112. Dissolution of Provincial Assembly.__ (1) The Governor shall dissolve the Provincial
Assembly if so advised by the Chief Minister; and the Provincial Assembly shall, unless sooner
dissolved, stand dissolved at the expiration of fortyeight hours after the Chief Minister has so
advised.
1 Subs. by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), s. 37, for "Article 112".
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