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(1)
Any person who is appointed or elected to or otherwise
selected for, any office established by or under 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, elected or selected. In the
case of:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(2)
Any such resignation shall take effect, when no date is
specified, when the writing is received –
(a)
(b)
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the President, his or her resignation shall be
addressed to the Speaker and to the Chief
Justice;
the Vice-President, his or her resignation
shall be addressed to the President;
the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker, his or
her resignation from that office shall be
addressed to the Clerk of the National
Assembly; and
a member of the National Assembly, his or
her resignation shall be addressed to the
Speaker.
in the case of the President, by the Speaker:
in any other case, by the person or authority to
whom it is addressed or by any person authorised
by that person or authority to receive it.
(1)
Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, where a
person has vacated any office established by or under the
Constitution, he or she may, if qualified, again be
appointed, elected or otherwise selected to hold that office
in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution
(2)
Where by this Constitution a power is conferred on any
person or authority to make any appointment to any public
office, a person may be appointed to that office
notwithstanding that some other person maybe holding that
office when that other person is on leave of absence
pending relinquishment of the office; and where two or
more, persons are holding the same office by reason of any
appointment made in pursuance of this subsection, then for
the purposes of any function conferred on the holder of that
office, the person last appointed shall be deemed to be the
holder of the office.