UPSC Prelims 2018 · GS Paper 1 · Q39
Polity
Medium · Speaker of the Legislative Assembly: Vacation of Office
Consider the following statements regarding the Speaker of a state Legislative Assembly:
1. The Speaker vacates office immediately on ceasing to be a member of that Assembly.
2. On the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly, the Speaker vacates office immediately, even before a new Speaker is elected.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?