text: Assistant Minister. 
  
  **43. Tenure of office of Ministers and Assistant Ministers**
  
  The office of any Minister or Assistant Minister shall become vacant- 
  
  (a) 
  
  in the case of a Minister or Assistant Minister appointed from among the 
  Members of the National Assembly, or in the case of a Minister or Assistant 
  Minister appointed from among persons who are not Members of the Assembly 
  who becomes a Member of the Assembly before the expiration of four months 
  from the date of his or her appointment- 
  
  (i) 
  
  if he or she ceases to be a Member of the National Assembly otherwise 
  than by reason of a dissolution of the National Assembly; or 
  if, at the first sitting of the Assembly after a general election, he or she is 
  not a Member of the Assembly; 
  
  (b) 
  
  in the case of a Minister or Assistant Minister appointed from among persons 
  who are not Members of the Assembly, if before the expiration of four months 
  from the date of his or her appointment- 
  
  (i) 
  
  circumstances arise (other than a dissolution of the Assembly) that, if he or 
  she were such a Member, would cause him or her to vacate his or her seat 
  in the Assembly; or 
  he or she does not become a Member of the Assembly; 
  if the holder of the office is removed from office by the President; 
  upon the assumption by any person of the office of President. 