(4) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the functions
conferred on the President by clause (1) of this article may be exercised by
the President either directly or through officers subordinate to the President.
(5) A statutory instrument or other instrument issued by the President
or any person authorised by the President may be authenticated by the
signature of a Minister; and the validity of any instrument so authenticated
shall not be called in question on the ground that it is not made, issued or
executed by the President.
100. Notification of the absence of the President from Uganda.
The President shall, whenever leaving Uganda, notify in writing the Vice
President, the Speaker and the Chief Justice.
101. Presidential addresses.
(1) The President shall, at the beginning of each session of
Parliament, deliver to Parliament an address on the state of the nation.
(2) The President may, also, in consultation with the Speaker, address
Parliament from time to time, on any matter of national importance.
102. Qualifications of the President.
A person is not qualified for election as President unless that person is—
(a) a citizen of Uganda by birth;
(b) not less than thirty-five years and not more than seventy-five
years of age; and
(c) a person qualified to be a member of Parliament.
103. Election of the President.
(1) The election of the President shall be by universal adult suffrage
through a secret ballot.
(2)
unless—
(a)
A person shall not be a candidate in a presidential election
that person submits to the Electoral Commission on or before the
day appointed as nomination day in relation to the election, a
document which is signed by that person nominating him or her