www.lawcommission.gov.np specify the date and time for such session or meeting. The Provincial Assembly shall meet or commence its session at the date and time so specified. 184. Address by Chief of Province: (1) The Chief of Province may address a sitting of the Provincial Assembly and summon the members for that purpose. (2) The Chief of Province shall address the first session after an election to the Provincial Assembly and a sitting of the Provincial Assembly after the commencement of the first session of each year. 185. Quorum of Provincial Assembly: Except as otherwise provided for in this Constitution, no question or motion shall be submitted for a decision in the Provincial Assembly unless one-fourth of the total number of its members are present. 186. Voting in Provincial Assembly: All questions submitted for a decision in the Provincial Assembly shall be decided by a majority vote of the members present and participate in voting. The member presiding over the meeting shall not have the right to vote. Provided that he or she may exercise his or her casting vote in the case of a tie. 187. Privileges of Provincial Assembly: (1) Subject to this Constitution, there shall be full freedom of speech in the Provincial Assembly and no member shall be arrested, detained or prosecuted in any court for anything expressed or any vote cast by him or her in the Provincial Assembly. (2) Subject to this Constitution, the Provincial Assembly shall have full power to regulate and decide its internal business and it shall be the exclusive right of the Provincial Assembly to decide whether or not any of its proceedings is regular or irregular. No question shall be raised in any court in this regard. (3) No comment shall be made about the good faith concerning any proceeding of the Provincial Assembly, and no publication and broadcasting of any type shall be made about anything said by any member, intentionally distorting or misinterpreting the meaning of the speech. (4) The provisions of clauses (1) and (3) shall also apply to other persons who are entitled to participate in the meetings of the Provincial Assembly other than the members of the Provincial Assembly. 97

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