Deputy Speaker

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parliamentary office

The Deputy Speaker is a senior parliamentary official in Sri Lanka who presides over sessions of the Parliament in the absence of the Speaker and assists in maintaining order and procedure.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Deputy Speaker canonical	2
Mr Deputy Speaker	1
उप–सभामुख	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary office ⓘ
appointedBy	Parliament of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Government of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Legislature of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	legislative branch of Sri Lanka ⓘ
canActAs	Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka in the Speaker’s absence ⓘ
category	Government positions in Sri Lanka ⓘ Legislative presiding officers ⓘ Sri Lankan parliamentary titles ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ
duty	assist the Speaker in enforcing parliamentary procedure ⓘ assist the Speaker in maintaining order in the House ⓘ chair parliamentary debates when delegated by the Speaker ⓘ ensure adherence to the Standing Orders of Parliament ⓘ maintain decorum during parliamentary proceedings ⓘ preside over sittings of Parliament in the absence of the Speaker ⓘ put questions to the House and announce results in the Speaker’s absence ⓘ
electedBy	Members of Parliament of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ Sinhala ⓘ Tamil ⓘ
jurisdiction	Parliament of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Standing Orders of the Parliament of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Province, Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf	officers of Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ
officeHolderOf	presiding officer of Parliament in absence of Speaker ⓘ
officeType	deputy presiding officer ⓘ presiding officer ⓘ
partOf	Parliament of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
rank	second highest presiding officer of the Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ
reportsTo	Parliament of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
requiresQualification	membership in the Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ
residesIn	Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	ensuring continuity of parliamentary sittings when the Speaker is absent ⓘ interpreting rules of procedure when presiding ⓘ
seat	Parliament Complex, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte NERFINISHED ⓘ
selectionMethod	election by majority vote of Members of Parliament ⓘ
style	Honourable ⓘ
subordinateTo	Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbol	Emblem of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
termLength	linked to term of the Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ
worksWith	Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

unicameral Parliament of Sri Lanka → hasOfficer → Deputy Speaker ⓘ

subject surface form: Parliament of Sri Lanka

Madam Deputy Speaker → contrastsWith → Deputy Speaker ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mr Deputy Speaker

प्रतिनिधि सभा → deputyPresidingOfficerTitle → Deputy Speaker ⓘ

this entity surface form: उप–सभामुख

Nasarawa State House of Assembly → hasDeputyPresidingOfficerTitle → Deputy Speaker ⓘ