The Speaker shall preside all the meetings of the House. The Speaker will not vote in the first instance but shall have and exercise a casting vote in the case equality of votes. The Speaker will have the final power to maintain order within the House of the People and to interpret its rules of procedure. The Speaker’s conduct in regulating the procedure or maintaining order in the House will not be subject to the jurisdiction of any court. The Speaker possesses certain powers not belonging to the Chairman of the Council of States.
(A) The Speaker shall preside over a joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament.
(B) When a money bill is transmitted from the Lower House to the Upper House, the Speaker shall endorse on the bill his certificate that it is a money bill. While the office of Speaker is vacant or the Speaker is absent from a sitting of the House, the Deputy Speaker presides, except when a resolution for his own removal is under consideration.....Read more