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(f) if, by virtue of section 70(4) of this Constitution,
    he is required to cease to perform his functions as
    a member of the Assembly.
             (5) A Parliamentary Secretary may at any time resign
from office by writing under his hand in that behalf addressed to the
President. The resignation shall take effect, and the office shall
accordingly become vacant, when the writing is received by the
President.
Part 4
General
Oaths.
Second
Schedule.
      121. (1) The Prime Minister, a Minister or a Parliamentary
Secretary shall not enter upon the duties of his office unless he has taken
and subscribed the oaths of allegiance and of office set out in the Second
Schedule hereto.
             (2) A member of the Cabinet shall not enter upon the
duties of his office unless he has taken and subscribed the oath of a
member of the Cabinet set out in the Second Schedule to this
Constitution, in addition to the oaths which he is required to take by
subsection (1) of this section.
Direction
and
supervision
of
departments
.
       122. (1) Subject to the direction and control which a Minister
exercises over the department or departments ofgovernment
constituting a Ministry for which he has beenassigned
responsibility, such a department or such departments shall be under the
supervision of a Permanent Secretary whose office shall be a public
office.
(2) For the purposes of this section:-
(a) two or more government departments may be
     placed under the supervision of one Permanent
     Secretary; or
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