25. Staff  26. Class-child ratio  (1) There shall be a Clerk of the National Assembly and an Assistant Clerk of the National  Assembly and their offices shall be offices in the public service. (2) There shall be such other offices in the department of the Clerk of the Assembly as  may be prescribed by resolution of the National Assembly and such offices shall be offices in the  public service.  The Speaker, before assuming the duties of his or her office, and every Member of the  National Assembly before taking his or her seat therein, shall take and subscribe before the  Assembly the oath of allegiance. There shall preside at any sitting of the National Assembly -  If objection is taken by any Member of the National Assembly present that there are  present in the Assembly (besides the person presiding) less than one third of the Members of the  Assembly and, aftersuch interval as may be prescribed in the rules of procedure of the Assembly,  the person presiding ascertains that the number of Members present is less than one third, he or  she shall thereupon adjourn the Assembly. (1) Save as otherwise provided in this Constitution, any question proposed for decision in  the National Assembly shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the Members present and  voting.  (2) ...  (3) The person presiding in the Nat ional Assembly shall have neither an original vote nor a  casting vote and if upon any question before the Assembly the votes are equally divided the  motion shall be lost.  Any person who sits or votes  in the National Assembly knowing or having reasonable  grounds for knowing that he or she is not entitled to do so shall be liable to a penalty not  exceeding P50 or such other sum as may be prescribed by Parliament for each day on which he  or she so sits orvotes in the Assembly, which shall be recoverable by action in the High Court at  the suit of the Attorney -General.  (1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the National Assembly may regulate  its  own procedure.  (2) The National Assembly may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership  (including any vacancy not filled when the Assembly first meets after any dissolution) and the  presence or participation of any person not entitled to be p resent or to participate in the  proceedings of the Assembly shall not invalidate those proceedings. PART III  Ntlo ya Dikgosi  (ss 77-85) 77.  Establishment and composition of  Ntlo ya Dikgosi 76.  Regulation of procedure in Assembly  75.  Unqualified persons sitting or voting  74. Voting in Assembly 73.  Quorum in Assembly 72.  Presiding in Assembly PART II  71.  Oaths to be taken by Speaker and Members  General Provisions Relating to Procedure in National Assembly  (ss 71-76)  70.  Clerk of the Assembly  ( a )  the Speaker;  ( b )  in the absence of theSpeaker, the Deputy Speaker; or ( c )  in the absence of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, such Member of the Assembly  (not being the President or Vice -President or a Minister or Assistant Minister) as the  Assembly may elect for that sitting. Copyright Government of Botswana