text: or such other number as Parliament may from time to time provide) as may be 
  established by Parliament or, subject to the provisions of any Act of Parliament, by the 
  President. 
  
  (2) There shall be such offices of Assistant Minister (not exceeding three or such 
  
  number as Parliament may from time to time provide) as may be established by 
  Parliament or, subject to the provisions of any Act of Parliament, by the President. 
  
  (3) Appointments to the office of Minister or Assistant Minister shall be made by 
  
  the President from among Members of the National Assembly: 
  
  Provided that- 
  
  (i) not more than four persons may be appointed as Minister or Assistant Minister 
  from amongst persons who are not Members of the Assembly but are qualified 
  for election as such; and 
  if occasion arises for making an appointment to the office of a Minister or an 
  Assistant Minister while Parliament is dissolved a person who was a Member of 
  the Assembly before the dissolution may be appointed as a Minister or an 
  
  (ii) 