6 of 1995(1) Where a Bill is presented to the President for assent, the President shall either
assent or withhold assent and shall do so within twenty-one days from the date the Bill is presented to
him or her.
(2) Where the President withholds assent to a Bill, the Bill shall be returned to the Speaker of
the National Assembly by the President with a notification that the President’s assent has been
withheld, including reasons therefor, and the Bill shall not be again debated by the National Assembly
until after the expiry of twenty-one days from the date of the notification of that withholding.
6 of 1995(3) If the Bill is debated again and passed by a majority of the National Assembly at any
time between the date of the expiry of the twenty-one days referred to in subsection (2) and three
months from that date, the Bill shall again be presented for assent by the President.
(4) Where a Bill is again presented to the President for assent in accordance with subsection (3),
the President shall assent to the Bill within twenty-one days of its presentation.
(5) When a Bill that has been duly passed is assented to in accordance with this Constitution, the
Clerk shall cause it to be published immediately in the Gazette.
[Ch0000s74]74. The coming into force of laws
13 of 2001No law made by Parliament shall come into force until it has been published in the
Gazette, but Parliament may prescribe that a law shall not come into force until some later date after its
publication in the Gazette.
CHAPTER VII
ELECTIONS
[Ch0000s75]75. The Electoral Commission
(1) There shall be an Electoral Commission which shall consist of a Chairman who shall be a
Judge nominated in that behalf by the Judicial Service Commission and such other members, not being
less than six, as may be appointed in accordance with an Act of Parliament.
(2) A person shall not be qualified to hold the office of a member of the Electoral Commission if
that person is a Minister, Deputy Minister, a member of Parliament or a person holding public office.
(3) Subject to this section, a person shall cease to be a member of the Electoral Commission—
(a)
at the expiration of four years from the date of his or her appointment, unless reappointed to a new four-year term; or
(b)
if any circumstances arise that, if that person were not a member of the Electoral
Commission, he or she would be disqualified for appointment as such.