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having unlimited jurisdiction in civil and
criminal matters in any of the CARICOM or
OECS member states of the Commonwealth,
investigates the grounds on which the removal
of the President from office is proposed and
reports on the facts and circumstances to the
Assembly;
(e) at a meeting of the Assembly called on the
    summons of the Speaker specifically and only
    for the purpose of considering the report
    referred to in paragraph (d) of this section,
    not less than two-thirds of all the members of
    the Assembly vote in favour of a resolution
    declaring that the President shall be removed
    from office:
                   Provided that subsection (2) of section 55 of this
Constitution shall apply in relation to the removing of the
President as it applies in relation to the electing of the President.
              (2) Where a motion is adopted as is provided for in
paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (l) of this section, the
President shall thereby be suspended from the office of President and
shall cease to perform any of his functions as President, and the office
of President shall be filled for the time being in accordance with the
procedure set out in section 59 of this Constitution.
            (3) The procedure of the tribunal referred to in
paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of this section shall be such as is
prescribed but, subject to such procedure, the tribunal may regulate its
own procedure.
             (4) Upon the adoption of the resolution in accordance
with paragraph (e) of subsection (l) of this section the office of the
President shall become vacant.
Oaths.
Second
Schedule.
       64. (1) A President shall, before entering upon the duties
of his office, take and subscribe the oaths of allegiance and of office
set out in the Second Schedule to this Constitution, such oath being
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