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(e) if there is no person within the categories
prescribed by the preceding paragraphs, by
the Chairman of the Public Service
Commission:
Provided that paragraph (a) shall not apply
in any case where the inability of the President to perform the
functions of his office has been caused by reason of his suspension
from the exercise of those functions under section 63(2) of this
Constitution.
(2) A person shall not be qualified to act as President
unless he is qualified to be elected as, and to hold the office of,
President:
Provided that the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker
may act as President, and in that event the Speaker or Deputy Speaker,
as the case may be, shall cease to perform the functions of his office
as Speaker or Deputy Speaker during any period in which he acts as
President.
(3) A person acting as President under this section
shall cease to act when he is notified that -
(a) another person has been designated to act as
President or elected to hold the office of
President; or
(b) the holder of the office of President is about to
resume the performance of the functions of
his office.
Terms of
office.
60. (1) Subject to this section and to sections 61 and 62 of
this Constitution, a President elected at an election under section 54 of
this Constitution shall hold office for a term of five years; but he
shall be eligible for re-election as President for one more term
only.
(2) Parliament may make provision for the
postponement of the date of expiration of the term of office of the
President under subsection (1) of this section for a period not
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