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(i)
a
motion of no confidence in the
government is passed by the National
Assembly; or
either by reason of the results of a
general election or by subsequent
events the Prime Minister is unable to
command the support of a clear
majority of the members of the
Assembly;
(ii)
(b) if a resolution of no confidence in the
Government is passed and the Prime
Minister does not within three days either
resign or advise a dissolution, the
President, acting in his own deliberate
judgment, mayremovethe Prime
Ministerfromofficeordissolve
Parliament; and
(c) if the office of Prime Minister is vacant and
the President, acting in his own deliberate
judgment, considers that there is no prospect
of his being able within a reasonable time to
appoint to that office a Representative who
appears to the President, acting in his own
deliberate judgment, likely to command the
support of the majority of the members of
the Assembly, the President shall dissolve
Parliament.
Timing of
general
election.
93. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of this
section, a general election shall be held at such time as the President
may appoint, within ninety days after any dissolution of Parliament;
or if Parliament has been dissolved by reason of a vote of no
confidence in the Government, within sixty days after the dissolution.
(2) If, after a dissolution and before the date appointed
for the nomination of candidates in the next succeeding general
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