Which part of the Constitution contains Article 93?

Article 93 is in Part V (The Union), Chapter II — Parliament, under "Officers of Parliament".

Part V · The Union · Officers of Parliament

Article 93: The Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of the People

Q: What does Article 93 of the Indian Constitution say?

Article 93 deals with the speaker and deputy speaker of the house of the people. The House of the People shall, as soon as may be, choose two members of the House to be respectively Speaker and Deputy Speaker thereof and, so often as the office of Speaker or Deputy Speaker becomes vacant, the House shall choose another member to be Speaker or Deputy Speaker, as the case may be.

Official text as on 1 May 2024

Text of Article 93

The House of the People shall, as soon as may be, choose two members of the House to be respectively Speaker and Deputy Speaker thereof and, so often as the office of Speaker or Deputy Speaker becomes vacant, the House shall choose another member to be Speaker or Deputy Speaker, as the case may be.

Words in [square brackets] were inserted or substituted by later amendments (see below). Source: Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India

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