The Assembly shall continue for four (4) years from the date of its first sitting after any primary election, and shall then stand dissolved unless the Assembly, by resolution, dissolves itself at an earlier date.

The President, after consultation with the Prime Minister and the Chief Secretary, shall fix the date of a primary election, which date shall not be earlier than the expiration of two (2) months after the dissolution of the Assembly nor later than three (3) months after that dissolution.