Constitution of India, 1949
96. 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 House of the People,
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 Article
95 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 House of the People
while any resolution for his removal from office is under consideration in the
House and shall, notwithstanding anything in Article 100, 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 equality of votes.