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              [html]<thead><tr><td></td><td>Tenure of office of President</td><td>( 1 ) The President shall, subject to the provisions of this section, hold office for an ate period not exceeding 10 years beginning from the date of his or her first plion of office of President after the commercement of this Act.</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><tdcolspan="3">( 2 ) The President shall case to hold the office of President if at any time during er tenure of office any circumstances arise that would, if he or she were not a. If the National Assembly, cause him or her to be disqualified for election</td></tr><tr><tdcolspan="3">-</td></tr><tr><tdcolspan="3">( 3 ) The President shall cease to hold office of President at the expiry of the</td></tr><tr><tdcolspan="3">scribed under subsection ( 1 ) of this section, or when the person elected at the on of President following a dissolution of Parliament assumes office. acancy in office of President</td></tr><tr><tdcolspan="3">( 1 ) Whenever the President dies, resigns or ceases to hold office, the Vice - Int shall assume office as President with effect from the date of the death, tion or ceasing to be President.</td></tr><tr><tdcolspan="3">( 2 ) If the office of President -</td></tr><tr><tdcolspan="3">becomes vacant in circumstances in which there is no Vice - President ; or</td></tr><tr><tdcolspan="3">is vacant whilst the Vice - President is absent from Botswana or is, by reason of physical or mental infirmity unable to perform the functions of his or her office, actions of the office of President shall, until such time as a new President as</td></tr><tr><tdcolspan="3">accordance with this section or section 32 of this Constitution. be performed by inister as the Cabinet shall appoint. For the purposes of this subsection, a</td></tr><tr><tdcolspan="3">ate of the Onief Justice that the Vice - President is by reason of physical or mentally unable to discharge the functions of his or her cifice, phall, in respect of any which it is in force, be conclusive and shall not be questioned in any court.</td></tr><tr><td>( 3 ) Any person performing the functions of the office of President by virtue of tion ( 1 ) or ( 2 ) of this section shall not exercise the power of the President to the appointment of Vice - President or to dissolve Parliament.</td><td>( 4 ) If the office of President becomes vacant, the National Assembly shall, unlessent is dissolved, and notwithstanding that it may be prorogued, meet on the</td><td>as may after the office of President becomes vacant, or on such earlier day as may ointed by the Speaker, and shall elect a person to the diffice in such manner as is seed by the next following subsection and, subject thereto, by or under an Act o</td></tr><tr><td>( 5 ) In an election of a President under this section -</td><td>the Speaker shall preside at the meeting and conduct the election ;</td><td>a person may be a candidate if and shall not be a candidate unless he or she has been nominated as a candidate with his or her consent prior to the sitting</td></tr><tr><tdcolspan="3">1.</td></tr><tr><tdcolspan="3">at the election every Member of the Assembly except the Speaker shall be entitled to vote ;</td></tr><tr><tdcolspan="3">the votes of the Members of the Assembly who are entitled to vote shall be</td></tr><tr><tdcolspan="3">given by ballot in such manner as not to disclose how any particular Member voted, and any person who receives the votes of more than one half of the to</td></tr><tr><tdcolspan="3">number of persons entitled to vote shall be declared elected as President ; a person elected as President under this section shall assume the office of</td></tr><tr><tdcolspan="3">President on the day upon which he or she is declared to be elected ;</td></tr><tr><tdcolspan="3">not more than three ballots shall be taken unless in the opinion of the Spoaker the holding of further ballots is likely to result in the election of a President, in</td></tr><tr><tdcolspan="3">< underline > Copyright Government of Botswana </ underline ></td></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr><tdcolspan="3"</tr></tbody>
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