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Functions.
126. The functions of the Minority Leader shall be to -
(a) offer advice to the President
Constitution so requires;
when
the
(b) afford consultation to the President and the Prime
Minister when the Constitution so requires;
(c) serve as Chairman of the Public Accounts
Committee of the National Assembly or
designate as his alternate one of the members of
the Assembly who donot supportthe
Government;
(d) as far as possible, co-ordinate the response to the
Governmentby members of the Assembly
who do not support the Government;
(e) propose policies and ideas in and out of the
Assembly as policies alternative to those of the
Government; and
(f) undertake generally such other activities in
and out of the Assembly as appear to him
appropriate for his preparation to assume the
office of Prime Minister if and when called upon
to do so.
Tenure.
127. (1) The office of Minority Leader shall become vacant where
the person holding or acting in that office -
(a) resigns his office;
(b) ceases to be a member of the National
Assembly for any cause other than a dissolution
of Parliament;
(c) is not a member of the Assembly when the
Assembly first meets after a dissolution of
Parliament;
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