2010 ED] CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES [CAP 167
and a period of extension shall not extend beyond the duration
of the current session of the National Assembly or beyond the
period by which the session of the National Assembly is
extended in the same circumstances under this Constitution.
52A.(1) The provisions of this article shall have effectAppealing for
mandate.
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the otherfresh
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provisions of this Chapter.
(2) The President may, at any time after the expiration of
one year from the commencement of the President's first or
second term of office, by Proclamation published in the
Gazette, declare the President's intention of appealing to the
People for a mandate to hold office, by election, for a further
term.
(3) Upon the making of a Proclamation under clause (2),
the Electoral Commission shall, subject to the provisions of
this article, hold a Presidential election.
(4) (a) The President may revoke a Proclamation made
under this article by notice published in the
Gazette, at any time before the day appointed as
nomination day in relation to the election of the
President.
(b) The President shall not withdraw his nomination
as candidate at such election.
(5) If at any time after the date of a Proclamation made
under clause (2) and before the close of the poll at the election
held in pursuance of the Proclamation, the incumbent President
dies, the Proclamation shall be deemed to have been revoked
with effect from the date of such death, and the election to be
held in pursuance of the Proclamation shall be deemed to be
cancelled.
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