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of that office prescribed by section 60 of this Constitution, an election
shall be held to fill the vacancy within ninety days of the occurrence
of the vacancy.
(6) When a person is elected President he shall
immediately assume office.
(7) Where the date for the assumption of office of a
President falls on a Sunday or public holiday the President shall
assume office on the next following day that is not a Sunday or public
holiday.
(8) Where the time limited for holding an election for
President under subsections (3), (4) or (5) of this section has not been
complied with, Parliament may make provision for an extension of the
period during which elections may be held.
(9) The actual date for the election of a President
under this section shall be fixed by the Prime Minister in consultation
with the Minority Leader, and shall be communicated to the Speaker.
Election of
President.
54. (1) Whenever the office of President is vacant or the
term of office of the President is due to expire within not more than
ninety days, the Prime Minister and the Minority Leader shall
consult with one another and with the Chairman of the
Parliamentary Commission, jointly or separately on, among
other things, the question whether the Prime Minister and the
Minority Leader are able to agree on a joint nomination of a suitable
candidate for election as President.
(2) If the Prime Minister and the Minority Leader,
after both of them have consulted jointly or separately with the
Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission, submit to the
Speaker in writing a joint nomination of a candidate for election
to the office of President, to which that candidate has consented,
the Speaker shall inform the National Assembly of the joint
nomination of that candidate. The Speaker shall thereupon fix a
date for a meeting of the Assembly, not less than fourteen days
thereafter, and he shall inform the Assembly that he intends, at
that meeting, to declare that candidate to have been duly elected
as President, without putting the question to a vote. If, however,
another candidate has been nominated and seconded by not less
than five members of the Assembly other than the
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