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              [html]<thead><tr><td>( 2 ) The resignation of any person from any office established by this Constitution</td><td>shall be effect on the date or at the limite educated in the verbing soping the resignalition or, I ' re outl date or time is so indicated, at the lime the writing is received by the parason or authority to whom II is addressed or by any person auta</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>or she may. If qualified, again be appointed or elected to hold that office in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. ( 2 ) Where a power is conferred by this Constitution upon any percon to make any</td><td>appointment to any office, a person may be appointed to that office nohwithstanding that some other person may be holding that office, when that other person is on leave of absence person the relinquishment of the office, and where two or mo</td></tr><tr><td>holding the same office by reason of an appointment made in pursuace of this subseclin, then, for the purposes of any function conferred upon the holder of that office, the person last appointed shall be deemed to be the sole holder of the ofi</td><td>( 1 ) In this Constitution unless the context atherwise requires -“ the Assembly ” means the National Assembly :</td></tr><tr><td>" Elotswana " means the territory that, on 28th September, 1956, was comprised omer Protectorate of Bechuanaland ;</td><td>" Tinancial year " means the period of 12 months ending on 31st March in any year or on such other day as Parliament may prescribe ;</td></tr><tr><td>“ The Gazette ” means the Botswana Government Gazetter, " high judicial office " means the office of a judge of a cou</td><td>juntadiction in civil and criminal matters in Botswana, a Commonwealth country or in any country outside the Commonwealth that may be prescribed by Parliament or the office of judge of a count having jurisdiction in appeals from such a cou</td></tr><tr><td>“ Kgosana ” ( pl. Dikgosana ) means Headman ; “ Kgosi ” ( pl. Dikgosi ) means Chief or Sub - Chie</td><td>" cath " includes affirmation :</td></tr><tr><td>" the cath of allegiance " means such cath of allegiance as may be prescribed</td><td>by law1 * public office * means, subject to the provisions of subsections ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) of this</td></tr><tr><td>section, an office of emolument in the public service ; " public officer " means a person holding or acting in any public office ; "" the public service " means the civil service of the Government ;</td><td>" session " means the sittings of the National Assembly beginning when it first</td></tr><tr><td>sits after the coming into operation of the Constitution or after Parliament is prorogued or dissolved at any time and ending when Parliament is prorogued or is dissolved without having been pronogued ;</td><td>" sitting " means a period during which the National Assembly is sitting without</td></tr><tr><td>adjournment and includes any period during which it is in committee ; “ subordinate court ” means any court established for Botswana other than -</td><td>( a ) the Court of Appeal ;</td></tr><tr><td>( b ) the High Court ;</td><td>( c )</td></tr><tr><td>a court martial ; or</td></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr></tbody>
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