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6    (1) Except for the purpose of electing the Speaker, no Member shall sit or vote in the Assembly before taking the Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance to the Treaty.



(2) The Speaker shall administer the Oath or Affirmation for Allegiance to the Members.


(3) When a Member first attends to take his or her seat other than at the first sitting of a new House, he or she shall be brought to the Table by two Members and presented by them to the Speaker who shall then administer the Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance to him or her.