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The Prime Minister.
15. (1) The person who immediately before the
appointed day holds the office of Prime Minister under the
former Constitution shall, as from that day, hold the office of
Prime Minister as if he had been appointed thereto under
section 109 of the Constitution, until a person is appointed as
Prime Minister thereunder.
(2) Where the person who is Prime Minister
under subsection (1) of this section is for any reason unable to
act, or where the office of Prime Minister is vacant, the
President, acting on the advice of the Prime Minister, if the
Prime Minister is able so to advise, shall appoint a person who
is a Minister under section 16 of this Act to perform the
functions of Prime Minister. That person shall so act until
such time as the substantive Prime Minister is again able to
perform his functions as Prime Minister, or until the next
general election after the appointed day is held, whichever
first occurs.
Ministers,
Parliamentary
Secretaries, Leader
of the Opposition,
etc.
16. (1) A person who, immediately before the
appointed day, holds office as Minister (other than as Prime
Minister), Parliamentary Secretary, Leader of the Opposition,
Speaker or Deputy Speaker under the former Constitution
shall, as from that day, be deemed to have been elected or
appointed respectively to the corresponding office established
by the Constitution. He shall hold such corresponding office,
as if he had been appointed or elected thereto, as the case may
be, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution,
until after the first general election is held pursuant to section
93 of the Constitution, unless sooner changed in accordance
with the provisions of the Constitution. The corresponding
office of Leader of the Opposition shall be that of Minority
Leader.
(2) Any person holding the office of Prime
Minister or other Minister by virtue of section 15 of this Act
or of subsection (1) of this section respectively who,
immediately before the appointed day, was assigned
responsibility under the former Constitution for any business
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