Revision summary
Official key is (c) 1 and 3 only. Article 85 lets the President summon each House to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit, and there is no prescribed cooling-off after prorogation. A ‘three sessions a year’ rule is not in the Constitution.
Model answer
Introduction
(a) 1 only. No minimum wait after prorogation is also true.
Summary. Official key is (c) 1 and 3 only. Article 85 lets the President summon each House to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit, and there is no prescribed cooling-off after prorogation. A ‘three sessions a year’ rule is not in the Constitution.
Body
- B
2 only. Three sessions a year is practice, not a constitutional mandate.
- C
1 and 3 only. The President may summon Parliament at a place he thinks fit. There is no constitutional minimum gap after prorogation. Three sessions are convention, not text.
- D
2 and 3 only. Keeps the false three-session clause.
Summary. Official key is (c) 1 and 3 only. Article 85 lets the President summon each House to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit, and there is no prescribed cooling-off after prorogation. A ‘three sessions a year’ rule is not in the Constitution.
Conclusion
Summary. Official key is (c) 1 and 3 only. Article 85 lets the President summon each House to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit, and there is no prescribed cooling-off after prorogation. A ‘three sessions a year’ rule is not in the Constitution.
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