31 of 1994, 13 of 2001The President, First Vice-President and Second Vice-President shall
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receive such salary, allowance or pension as may, from time to time, be determined by Parliament in
consultation with the President and shall have such adequate number of residences and personal staff,
at State expense, as an Act of Parliament may prescribe.
[Ch0000s83]83. Tenure of office
31 of 1994, 38 of 1998(1) The President shall hold office for five years from the date that his or
her oath of office is administered, but shall continue in office until his or her successor has been sworn
in.
(2) The First Vice-President and the Second Vice-President shall hold office from the date of the
administration of the oath of office to them until the end of the President’s term of office unless their
office should come to an end sooner in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.
(3) The President, the First Vice-President and the Second Vice-President may serve in their
respective capacities a maximum of two consecutive terms, but when a person is elected or appointed
to fill a vacancy in the office of President or Vice-President, the period between that election or
appointment and the next election of a President shall not be regarded as a term.
(4) Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of President, the First Vice-President shall assume
that office for the remainder of the term and shall appoint another person to serve as First VicePresident for the remainder of the term.
[Ch0000s84]84. Death or resignation of a Vice-President
31 of 1994, 13 of 2001If the First Vice-President dies or resigns from office, or where in
accordance with section 87 the office is vacated through the incapacity of the First Vice-President for
more than twelve months, the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired period of that term by a person
appointed by the President.
[Ch0000s85]85. Vacancy of office of President and Vice-President
31 of 1994If at any time both the office of President and First Vice-President become vacant
then the Cabinet shall elect from among its members an Acting President and Acting First Vice-President
who shall hold office for not more than sixty days or, where four years of a Presidential term have
expired, for the rest of that Presidential term. 31 of 1994
[Ch0000s86]86. Removal from office
31 of 1994, 6 of 1995, 4 of 2001, 13 of 2001(1) The President or First Vice-President shall be
removed from office where the President or First Vice-President, as the case may be, has been indicted
and convicted by impeachment.