Speaker of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature

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parliamentary office position in a subnational legislature presiding officer role

The Speaker of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature is the presiding officer responsible for overseeing legislative proceedings, maintaining order, and ensuring that the province’s parliamentary rules and procedures are followed.

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Label	Occurrences
Speaker of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary office ⓘ position in a subnational legislature ⓘ presiding officer role ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Eastern Cape Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy	Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
equivalentOffice	Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa ⓘ Speakers of other South African provincial legislatures ⓘ
governsBody	plenary sittings of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature ⓘ
hasDuties	announcing decisions of the legislature ⓘ calling members to order ⓘ coordinating with party whips on the order of business ⓘ declaring the results of votes ⓘ ensuring access of the public and media according to rules ⓘ ensuring compliance with the Standing Orders ⓘ ensuring compliance with the Standing Rules ⓘ ensuring decorum in the chamber ⓘ ensuring fair opportunity to speak for members ⓘ ensuring legislative procedures are followed ⓘ ensuring parliamentary rules are followed ⓘ ensuring security arrangements in the chamber in coordination with security services ⓘ ensuring that legislative proceedings are recorded ⓘ ensuring that members adhere to ethical and conduct rules ⓘ interpreting the rules of the legislature ⓘ maintaining order during sittings ⓘ managing debates in the chamber ⓘ overseeing legislative proceedings ⓘ overseeing the administrative functioning of the legislature ⓘ presiding over sittings of the legislature ⓘ protecting the rights of all members during debate ⓘ putting questions to a vote ⓘ representing the legislature in its official capacity ⓘ ruling on points of order ⓘ signing bills passed by the legislature ⓘ upholding the dignity of the legislature ⓘ
hasSubordinateOffice	Deputy Speaker of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1994 ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of the Republic of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Standing Rules of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ provincial legislation of the Eastern Cape ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Eastern Cape Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHoldersAre	Members of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature ⓘ
officeType	non-executive parliamentary office ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	Eastern Cape Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority	internal proceedings of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature ⓘ
selectionMethod	election by members of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature ⓘ

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Standing Rules of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature → definesRoleOf → Speaker of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature ⓘ

Standing Rules of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature → enforcedBy → Speaker of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature ⓘ