Constitution of India, 1949
181.The Speaker or the Deputy Speaker not to
preside while a resolution for his removal from office is under consideration.-
(1) At any sitting of the Legislative
Assembly, while any resolution for the removal of the Speaker from his office
is under consideration, the Speaker, or while any resolution for the removal of
the Deputy Speaker from his office is under consideration, the Deputy Speaker,
shall not, though he is present, preside, and the provisions of clause (2) of
Article180 shall apply in relation to every such sitting as they apply in
relation to a sitting from which the Speaker or, as the case may be, the Deputy
Speaker, is absent.
(2) The Speaker shall have the right to speak
in, and otherwise to take part in the proceedings of, the Legislative Assembly
while any resolution for his removal from office is under consideration in the
Assembly and shall, notwithstanding anything in Article 189, be entitled to
vote only in the first instance on such resolution or on any other matter
during such proceedings but not in the case of an quality of votes.