(1) Voting by show of hands or by standing shall be the ordinary form of voting except in cases otherwise provided for in the Constitution.
(2) Secret ballots shall, in all cases, be held for the election of office bearers and for the disciplinary measures provided for under Section 98 of the Standing Orders.
(3) For the purpose of the secret ballot, green, red and yellow ballot papers shall be distributed to Members. Each member shall insert in a ballot-box presented to him by an usher, an envelope containing a green ballot paper if he is in favour of the proposal, a red ballot paper if he is against, or a yellow ballot paper if he abstains.
(4) When all the ballot papers have been collected, the President shall announce the closure of the ballot. The Secretaries shall then count the votes and the President shall proclaim the results by announcing:
“The National Assembly has adopted” or “The National Assembly has not adopted”.
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In force from 09-09-2014
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Section 67 of the Law n°2014/016 of 18 July 2014 laying down the Standing Orders of the National Assembly/akn/cm/act/loi/2014-09-09/2014-016
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