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75.—(1) Subject to this section, section 53(1), section 63(3) and section 69(6)(c), all questions proposed for decision in the House of Assembly shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting.
(2) Only the elected members of the House of Assembly shall be entitled to vote—
(a)in an election of the Speaker or Deputy Speaker;
(b)on a motion on the Order Paper for the removal from office of the Speaker or Deputy Speaker; or
(c)on a motion on the Order Paper that the House of Assembly should declare a lack of confidence in the Government of the Virgin Islands.
(3) The person presiding shall not vote unless on any question the votes are equally divided in which case he or she shall have and exercise a casting vote; but where the motion before the House of Assembly is one to which subsection (2) applies the person presiding shall not have a casting vote unless he or she is an elected member.
(4) In the event of an equality of votes on any question in respect of subsection (2) the motion shall be lost.
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