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?