Section 56: Sessions

56. Sessions (1) The sessions of the Assembly shall be held in such place and begin at such time as the President by Proclamation may appoint: Provided that the place at which any session of the Assembly is to be held may be altered from time to time during the course of the session by further Proclamation made by the President. (2) A session of the Assembly shall be held from time to time so that a period of 12 months shall not intervene between the last sitting of the Assembly in one session and its first sitting in the next session. (3) The President may address the Assembly at the first sitting of every session. (4) Writs for a general election of members of the Assembly shall be issued within 60 days of the date of any dissolution of Parliament and a session of the Assembly shall be appointed to commence within 30 days of the date prescribed for polling at any general election. [S. 56 amended by Act 2 of 1982; Act 48 of 1991.]