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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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