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Prime Minister and the Minority Leader, and has consented in
writing to the nomination, so that there are two or more
candidates, thus requiring a contested election, subsection (5) of
this section shall apply; provided that the nomination last
referred to in this subsection must be submitted to the Speaker
not less than seven days before the date fixed by the Speaker as
referred to in this subsection.
(3) If the Prime Minister and the Minority Leader are
not able to agree on a joint nomination of a candidate for election as
President, the Prime Minister shall notify the Speaker to that effect
and the Speaker shall inform the Assembly accordingly.
(4) The Prime Minister or the Minority Leader or
any other five members of the Assembly, during the period expiring
fourteen days after the day on which the Assembly has been informed
by the Speaker as provided for in subsection (3) of this section, may
submit by writing under their hands to the Speaker their respective
nominations of candidates for election as President. The Speaker shall
at the first meeting of the Assembly after the expiration of that period
and before the Assembly proceeds to any other business, inform the
Assembly of the nominations he has received and to which the
candidates concerned have consented.
(5) At an election of the President the candidates
shall be those persons whose nominations have been brought to
the attention of the Assembly by the Speaker. The election shall be
held at the meeting of the Assembly next following the meeting
referred to in subsection (4) of this section or as soon as
practicable thereafter in accordance with the procedure
prescribed by section 55 of this Constitution. The candidate who
at that election receives the votes of not less than a majority of all
the members of the Assembly (“the requisite majority”) shall be
declared by the Speaker to have been duly elected:
Provided that if none of those candidates
receives the requisite majority, then, another vote or other votes
may be taken, in the same proceedings or at adjourned
proceedings, until a candidate receives the requisite majority; and
the candidate who receives the requisite majority shall be
declared by the Speaker to have been duly elected.
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