text: (ii) 
  
  (c) 
  (d) 
  
  **44. Cabinet**
  
  (1) There shall be a Cabinet which shall consist of the President, Vice-President 
  
  and the Ministers. 
  
  (2) There shall preside at meetings of the Cabinet- 
  
  (a) 
  (b) 
  (c) 
  
  the President; 
  in the absence of the President, the Vice-President; or 
  in the absence of the President and the Vice-President, such Minister as the 
  President may designate. 
  
  (3) The Cabinet may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership. 
  
  **45. Oaths to be taken by Ministers and Assistant Ministers**
  
  The Vice-President, a Minister or an Assistant Minister shall not enter upon the 
  
  duties of his or her office unless he or she has taken and subscribed the oath of 
  allegiance and such oath for the due execution of his or her office as may be prescribed 
  by Parliament. 
  **46. Secretary to the Cabinet**
  
  (1) There shall be a Secretary to the Cabinet whose office shall be a public office. 
  (2) The Secretary to the Cabinet shall have charge of the Cabinet Office and 
  
  shall be responsible, in accordance with such instructions as may be given to him or her 
  by the President, for arranging the business for, and keeping the minutes of, the 
  Cabinet, for conveying decisions of the Cabinet to the appropriate person or authority, 
  and shall have such other functions as the President may from time to time direct. 