(7)(a)
Where the office of Vice-President is vacant, or the Vice-President is absent
from Mauritius or is for any other reason unable to perform the functions of
his office, those functions may be performed by such person as may be
elected by the Assembly in the manner specified in section 28(2)(a)(i).
(b)
(8)
No person may be elected under paragraph (a) unless he satisfies the
conditions specified in section 28(3).
The person performing the functions of Vice-President under subsection (7) shall
cease to perform those functions as soon as another person is elected and
assumes office as Vice-President or the Vice-President resumes his office, as the
case may be.
Amended by [Act No. 48 of 1991]
30.
Removal of the President and the Vice-President
(1)
The President or the Vice-President may be removed from office in accordance with
this section for (a)
violation of the Constitution or any other serious act of misconduct;
(b)
inability to perform his functions whether arising from infirmity of mind or
body be from any other cause.
(2)
Where, the President fails to comply with section 46(2), he may be removed from
the office on a motion made by the Prime Minister in the Assembly and supported
by the votes of a majority of all the members of the Assembly.
(3)
The President or the Vice-President shall not be removed from office for, any other
cause unless (a)
a motion that the circumstances requiring the removal of the President or
the Vice-President be investigated by a tribunal is made in the Assembly by
the Prime Minister;
(b)
the motion states with full particulars the ground on which the removal of the
President or the Vice-President is sought;
(c)
the motion is supported by the votes of not less than two-thirds of all the
members of the Assembly;
(d)
the tribunal, after its investigation, forwards a written report on the
investigation addressed to the Assembly and delivered to the Speaker and
recommends the removal of the President or the Vice-President; and
(e)
subject to paragraph (f), a motion made by the Prime Minister and
supported by the votes of a majority of all the members of the Assembly
required the removal of the President or the Vice-President on a
recommendation to that effect by the tribunal;