Part V · Officers of Parliament
Article 89 The Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Council of States.
In force
This article provides the officers of the Council of States. The Vice-President of India is the ex officio Chairman. The Council chooses one of its members as Deputy Chairman. It does so as soon as may be after a vacancy arises. The office is refilled each time it falls vacant.
- (1) The Vice- President of India shall be ex officio Chairman of the Council of States.
- (2) The Council of States shall, as soon as may be, choose a member of the Council to be Deputy Chairman thereof and, so often as the office of Deputy Chairman becomes vacant, the Council shall choose another member to be Deputy Chairman thereof.
What it means
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This article provides the officers of the Council of States. The Vice-President of India is the ex officio Chairman. The Council chooses one of its members as Deputy Chairman. It does so as soon as may be after a vacancy arises. The office is refilled each time it falls vacant.