2010 ED] CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES [CAP 167
CHAPTER V
THE EXECUTIVE
66.(1) The executive authority of the Republic shall vest in the
President and shall be exercised in accordance with this
Constitution and the laws of Seychelles.
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(2) The executive authority vested in the President under this
article shall extend to the execution and maintenance of this
Constitution and the laws of Seychelles and to all matters with
respect to which the National Assembly has power to make laws.
(3) Subject to this Constitution, the functions conferred on
the President by clause (1) may be exercised by the President
directly or through subordinate officers.
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(3A) The President is politically responsible for a Ministry or
department that the President has not specifically assigned to the
Vice-President or a Minister.
(4) Nothing in this article shall prevent the National Assembly
from conferring, by or under an Act, functions on a person other
than the President or on an authority.
66A. (1) There shall be a Vice-President of Seychelles who shall
perform the functions assigned to the Vice-President by the
Constitution, an Act or the President.
(2) The President may assign the Vice-President the
political responsibility of one or more Ministries.
(3) The Vice-President shall be a person who is
qualified to be elected President under article 51.
(4) A candidate at an election for President shall
designate a person as the candidate’s Vice-President and on the
election of the candidate as President the person designated as
Vice-President by the candidate becomes Vice-President.
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