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 Save as otherwise provided in this Constitution, all questions proposed for decision in Parliament shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the Members present and voting; and if, upon any question before Parliament, the votes of the Members are equally divided, the motion shall be lost. The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker or other Member when presiding shall not have an original or a casting vote.

Subject to the other provisions of this Constitution, a law of the Legislature may make provision to determine and regulate and the privileges, immunities and powers of Parliament and its members. There shall be a Clerk of Parliament and such nunber of other staff as the Speaker, subject to any wishes expressed by Parliament, may from time to time consider necessary. The appointment of the Clerk of Parliament shall be subject to the prior approval of Parliament and the person appointed shall not be removable from office except in pursuance of a resolution of Parliament. The staff of Parliament shall be appointed by the Speaker on terms of service approved from time to time by Parliament. The persons so appointed shall be deemed to be holders of public offices but shall not form part of the civil service of the Government of Rhodesia Part 3—Procedure in regard to Bills, etc

Subject to the provisions of this Constitution and of the Standing Orders of Parliament, any Member may introduce any Bill or propose any motion for debate in, or may present any petition to, Parliament, and the same shall be debated and disposed of according to the Standing Orders of Parliament. Except on the recommendation of the Officer Adminis tering the Government signified by a Minister or a Deputy Minister, Parliament shall not- proceed upon any Bill (including any amendment to a Bill) which, in the opinion of the Speaker, makes provision for any of the following purposes, that is to say, for imposing or increasing any tax, for imposing or increasing any charge on the revenues or other public funds of Rhodesia or for altering any such charge otherwise than by reducing it, or for compounding or remitting any debt due to Rhodesia or for authorizing the making or raising of any loan; 19