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audited and reported on by such person as may be specified by or under that law.
(3) The Auditor-General shall submit his or her reports to the Minister
responsible for finance, who shall cause them to be laid before the National
Assembly.
(4) The Auditor-General shall perform such other duties and exercise such
other powers in relation to the accounts of the Government or the accounts of other
public authorities or other bodies as may be prescribed by or under any Act of
Parliament.
(5) In the exercise of his or her functions the Auditor-General shall not be
subject to the direction or control of any other person or authority.
CHAPTER IX
Miscellaneous (ss 125-127)
[Ch0000s125] 125.
Resignations
(1) Any person who is appointed or elected to any office established by this
Constitution may resign from that office by writing under his or her hand addressed
to the person or authority by whom he or she was appointed or elected:
Provided that in the case of a person who holds office as President his or
her resignation from that office shall be addressed to the Chief Justice, in the
case of a person who holds office as Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the National
Assembly his or her resignation from that office shall be addressed to the Assembly,
in the case of an Elected or Specially Elected Member of the Assembly his or her
resignation shall be addressed to the Speaker, and in the case of a Member of the
Ntlo ya Dikgosi his or her resignation from that office shall be addressed to the
Chairman of the Ntlo ya Dikgosi.
(2) The resignation of any person from any office established by this
Constitution shall take effect on the date or at the time indicated in the writing
signifying the resignation or, if no such date or time is so indicated, at the time
the writing is received by the person or authority to whom it is addressed or by any
person authorized by that person or authority to receive it.
[Ch0000s126] 126.
Reappointments and concurrent appointments
(1) Where any person has vacated any office established by this
Constitution, he or she may, if qualified, again be appointed or elected to hold
that office in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.
(2) Where a power is conferred by this Constitution upon any person to make
any appointment to any office, a person may be appointed to that office
notwithstanding that some other person may be holding that office, when that other
person is on leave of absence pending the relinquishment of the office; and where
two or more persons are holding the same office by reason of an appointment made in
pursuance of this subsection, then, for the purposes of any function conferred upon
the holder of that office, the person last appointed shall be deemed to be the sole
holder of the office.
[Ch0000s127] 127.
Interpretation
(1) In this Constitution unless the context otherwise requires"the Assembly" means the National Assembly;
"Botswana" means the territory that, on 29th September, 1966, was comprised
in the former Protectorate of Bechuanaland;
"financial year" means the period of 12 months ending on 31st March in any
year or on such other day as Parliament may prescribe;
"the Gazette" means the Botswana Government Gazette;
"high judicial office" means the office of a judge of a court of unlimited
jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters in Botswana, a Commonwealth country or in
any country outside the Commonwealth that may be prescribed by Parliament or the
office of judge of a court having jurisdiction in appeals from such a court;
''Kgosana'' (pl. Dikgosana) means Headman;
9 of 2005, s. 23(a)(i).''Kgosi'' (pl. Dikgosi) means Chief or Sub-Chief as
defined in the Cap 41:01 Bogosi Act;
"oath" includes affirmation;
"the oath of allegiance" means such oath of allegiance as may be prescribed
by law;
"public office" means, subject to the provisions of subsections (2) and (3)
of this section, an office of emolument in the public service;
"public officer" means a person holding or acting in any public office;
"the public service" means the civil service of the Government;
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