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(3)
Every declaration of emergency shall lapse –
(a)
in the case of a declaration made
when the National Assembly is sitting
at the expiration of a period of seven
days beginning with the date of
publication of the declaration; and
in any other case, at the expiration of
a
period of twenty-one days
beginning with the date of
publication of the declaration, unless
it has in the meantime been approved
by resolution of the Assembly.
(b)
(4) A declaration of emergency may at any time
be revoked by the President by Proclamation which shall be
published in the Official Gazette.
(5) A declaration of emergency that has been
approved by resolution of the Assembly in pursuance of
subsection (3) of this section shall, subject to the provisions of
subsection (4) of this section, remain in force so long as the
resolution remains in force and no longer.
(6) A resolution of the Assembly passed for the
purposes of this section shall remain in force for twelve months
or such shorter period as may be specified therein:
Provided that any such resolution may be extended
from time to time by a further such resolution, each extension
not exceeding twelve months from the date of the resolution
effecting the extension; and any such resolution may be
revoked at any time by a further resolution.
(7) A resolution of the Assembly for the
purposes of subsection (3) of this section and a resolution of the
Assembly extending any such resolution shall not be passed in
the Assembly unless it is supported by the votes of at least two-
thirds of all the members of the Assembly; and a resolution
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