4 of 2001(7) A Bill under this section to amend or to repeal and replace this Constitution shall be
passed only if supported by not less than a two-thirds majority of all the members of the National
Assembly.
(8) Unless this Constitution is being repealed and replaced, this section shall not be amended
but shall lapse on the expiry of the period of provisional application, save only to the extent necessary to
bring this Constitution definitively into force in the circumstances of subsection (9).
(9) If Parliament defaults to act in terms of subsection (6) this Constitution shall be deemed to
have definitively come into force on the expiry of the period of provisional application.
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Disclosure of assets by holders of certain offices
1 of 1997, 1 of 2001(1) In addition to the President and members of the Cabinet as provided by
section 88 (3), the holders of the following offices, that is to say—
(a)
a member of the National Assembly;
(b)
a public officer of such senior grade or position as shall be specified under subsection
(c)
an officer of such senior grade or position as shall be specified under subsection (2),
(2);
of—
(i)
a corporation, board, commission, council, or similar body established by or
under an Act of Parliament;
(ii)
any other body, corporate or unincorporate which in accordance with any Act of
Parliament is subject to the same statutory procedures for financial control and accountability as apply
in common to a body referred to in subparagraph (i), shall, within three months from the date of his or
her election, nomination or appointment, as the case may be, fully disclose all of his or her assets,
liabilities and business interests and those of his or her spouse held by him or her or on his or her behalf
as at that date; and, unless Parliament otherwise prescribes by an Act of Parliament, such disclosure
shall be made in a written document delivered to the Speaker of the National Assembly who shall
immediately upon receipt deposit the document with such public office as may be specified in the
Standing Orders of Parliament.
(2) For the purpose of paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (1), the National Assembly shall
specify the grades and positions of the officers required to disclose assets in accordance with that
subsection, and shall do so by resolution passed by the majority of the members present and voting and
which shall be published in the Gazette.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), in the case of those persons who, at the commencement of
this section, hold the offices to which this section applies, the period within which they shall comply
with subsection (1) shall be a period of three months—