b. Whenever the office of the President shall become vacant by reason of death,
resignation, impeachment, or the President shall be declared incapable of carrying
out the duties and functions of his office, the Vice-President shall succeed to the of
the President to complete the unexpired term. In such a case, this not constitute a
term.
c. The Legislature shall, no later than one year after the coming into force of this
Constitution, prescribe the guidelines and determine the procedure under which
the President, by reason of illness, shall be declared incapable of carrying out the
functions of his office.
d. Whenever the office of the Vice-President becomes vacant by reason of death,
resignation, impeachment, inability or otherwise, the President shall, without
delay, nominate a candidate who, with the concurrence of both Houses of the
Legislature, shall be sworn in and hold office as Vice-President until the next
general elections are held. Whenever the Vice-President elect dies, resigns, or is
incapacitated before being inaugurated, the President elected on the same ticket
with him, shall, after being inaugurated into office, nominate without delay a
candidate who, with the concurrence of both Houses of the Legislature, shall be
sworn in an hold office as Vice-President until the next general elections are held.
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Whenever the office of the President and of the Vice-President shall become
vacant by reason of removal, death, resignation, inability or other disability of the
President and Vice-President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be
sworn in as Acting President until the holding of elections to fill the vacancies so
created. Should the Speaker be legally incapable or otherwise unable to assume
the office of Acting President, then the same shall devolve in order upon the
Deputy speaker and members of the Cabinet in the order of precedence as
established by law. The Elections Commission shall within ninety days conduct
elections for a new President and a new Vice-President.
CHAPTER VII THE JUDICIARY
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The Judicial Power of the Republic shall be vested in a Supreme Court and such
subordinate courts as the legislature may from time to time establish. The courts
shall apply both statutory and customary laws in accordance with the standards
enacted by the Legislature. Judgements of the Supreme Court shall be final and
binding and shall not be subject to appeal or review by any other branch of
Government. Nothing in this Article shall prohibit administrative consideration of
the Justiciable matter prior to review by a court of competent jurisdiction.
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