m. He is the chairman of the Business Advisory Committee, the Rules Committee and the General Purpose Committee.

5.2. Speaker Pro Tem

The speaker of the last Lok Sabha vacates his office immediately before the first meeting of newly elected Lok Sabha. Therefore, the President usually appoints the senior-most member of the Lok Sabha as the Speaker Pro Tem. The President administers the oath to him. The Speaker Pro Tem has all the powers of the Speaker. He presides over the first sitting of the newly elected Lok Sabha. He also enables the House to elect the new Speaker. When the new Speaker is elected by the House, the office of the Speaker Pro Tem ceases to exist. Thus, it is a temporary office existing only for a few days.