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CHAPTER V
THE PRESIDENT
Establishment of
office of
President as Head
of State.
49. There shall be an office of President of Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines. The President shall be the Head of State of Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines.
50. The President shall be elected by the National Assembly in
accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
51. (1) A person shall be qualified to be nominated for
election as President if, and shall not be so qualified unless, at the date
of his nomination, he-
(i) is a citizen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines;
(ii) is not, by virtue of his own act, under any
acknowledgment of allegiance, obedience or
adherence to a foreign power or state;
(iii) is of the age of thirty-five years or upwards; and
(iv) is domiciled and ordinarily resident in Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines at the date of his
nomination; or has been residing in Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines for not less than five
years immediately preceding his nomination.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section
a
person shall be deemed to reside in Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines if he holds an office in the service of Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines, or in a regional or international institution or
other body of which Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a
member, or in which Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
participates and functions, and lives outside Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines by reason of his being required to do so for the proper
discharge of his functions.
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President to be
elected.
Qualifications
and
disqualifications.
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