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Part 3
Parliamentary Secretaries
Establishment,
etc., of offices
of
Parliamentary
Secretary.
120. (1) There shall be such offices of Parliamentary Secretary,
not more than five in number, as may be established by the President
acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister.
(2) Subject to subsection (1) of this section the President,
acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, may appoint
Parliamentary Secretaries from among the Representatives and Senators
to assist Ministers in the performance of their duties.
(3) Where occasion arises for making an appointment to
the office of Parliamentary Secretary while Parliament is dissolved, a
person who was a Representative or a Senator immediately before the
dissolution may be appointed as a Parliamentary Secretary.
(4)
vacant -
(a) if the President, acting in accordance with the
advice of the Prime Minister, so directs;
(b) if the Prime Minister resigns from office, or is
removed from office, or the office of Prime
Minister becomes vacant; respectively under
subsection (1) or (5), subsection (1) or (2), or
subsection (3), of section 118 of this Constitution;
(c) upon the appointment of any person to the office
of Prime Minister;
(d) if the holder of the office ceases to be a member
of the Assembly otherwise than by reason of a
dissolution of Parliament;
(e) if, when the Assembly first meets after the
dissolution of Parliament, he is not then a
member of the Assembly; or
The office of a Parliamentary Secretary shall become
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