27(1)If a seat is vacant as the result of the death, resignation or otherwise of a member or member-elect, the Speaker, on receiving the written certificate of two members or two members-elect to that effect, shall report the vacancy without delay to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.

27(2)Despite subsection (1), if the office of Speaker is vacant, the Speaker is absent from the Province or is unable to act as Speaker or the member or member-elect who has died, resigned or otherwise ceased to be a member or member-elect is the Speaker, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, on receiving a written certificate as described in subsection (1), shall report a vacancy referred to in that subsection to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council without delay.