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| | (''b'') shall extend, to all matters between persons, or between government or authority and to any persons in _____, and to all actions and proceedings relating thereto, for the determination of any question as to the civil rights and obligations of that person. | | (''b'') shall extend, to all matters between persons, or between government or authority and to any persons in _____, and to all actions and proceedings relating thereto, for the determination of any question as to the civil rights and obligations of that person. |
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| - | (1) The President may, with the approval of a majority of members of the Senate, appoint a person as ambassador or any other principal
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| - | (2) The President may receive envoys accredited to _____.
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| - | (3) The President may execute or cause to be executed treaties, agreements or conventions in the name of the Federal Republic.
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| - | (4) A treaty, agreement or convention in respect of international relations executed by or under the authority of the President shall not bind the Federal Republic unless it is ratified by a resolution of the Senate supported by not less than two-thirds majority of all its members.
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| - | (1) There shall be a Prime Minister of the Federal Republic who shall be appointed by the President in accordance with the provisions of this section and who, before assuming his office, shall take and subscribe before the President such oath of office of Prime Minister as may be prescribed by the Legislature.
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| - | (2) As soon as possible, and in any case within fourteen days after assuming office, the President shall appoint a member of the House of Representatives elected from a constituency from a political party having a majority of members in the House of Representatives or, if no political party has a majority, who appears to have the support of the majority of the members of the House of Representatives, to be Prime Minister of the Federal Republic, and he shall not assume office until his appointment is first confirmed by a resolution of the House of Representatives supported by a majority vote of Members of the House of Representatives.
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| - | (3) There shall be such number of Ministers, not being less than seven or more than fourteen as the President, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, may determine.
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| - | (4) The President, according in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister may, with the approval of a majority of the members of the House of Representatives, appoint a person to the office of Minister.
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| - | (5) A Minister or appointed under subsection (4) shall hold office during the pleasure of the President and may be removed from office by the President acting on the advice of the Prime Minister.
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| - | 1. There shall be a Leader of the Opposition who shall be elected by the National Assembly from among its members in accordance with this Article and the Standing orders.
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| - | 2. A person is not eligible to be elected to the office of Leader of the opposition if the person is a member of the political party which nominated the incumbent President for election, and only members of the National Assembly who are not members of that party may vote in the election.
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| - | 3. A person elected to the office of Leader of the Opposition shall vacate the office -
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| - | a. if the person ceases to be a member of the National Assembly;
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| - | b. if the person is elected to the office of Speaker or Deputy Speaker;
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| - | c. if the person resigns by notice in writing addressed to the Speaker; or
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| - | d. where the members of the National Assembly entitled to vote at an election to the office pass a resolution requiring the person to vacate the office.
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| - | 4. An Act may provide for the salary, allowances and gratuity of the Leader of the Opposition.
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| - | 5. The salary, allowances or gratuity payable to the Leader of the opposition shall be not less than those payable to a Minister and shall be a charge on the Consolidated Fund.
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| - | '''86.''' 1. The legislative power vested in the National Assembly shall be exercised by Bills passed by the Assembly and assented to or deemed to have been assented to by the President.
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| - | 2. Subject to Article 87, where a Bill is presented to the President for assent, the President shall, within fourteen days of the presentation of the Bill, assent, or, in accordance with this Part, withhold assent, to the Bill.
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| - | 3. The President shall cause a Bill which has been passed and assented or deemed to have been assented to in accordance with this Constitution to be published in the Gazette whereupon it shall become law.
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| - | 4. A Bill passed by the National Assembly and assented to or deemed to have been assented to by the President shall be styled an "Act" and the words of enactment shall be "Enacted by the President and the National Assembly".
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| - | '''87.''' Where the President is of the opinion that a Bill presented for assent infringes or may infringe this Constitution, the President shall not assent to the Bill and, as soon as is practicable within fourteen days of the presentation of the Bill -
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| - | b. refer the Bill to the Constitutional Court for a decision in this respect.
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| - | 2. Where the President refers a Bill to the Constitutional Court under clause (1), the President shall not, until the Court has made its decision on the Bill, be treated, for the purposes of Article 88, as having withheld assent to the Bill.
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| - | 3. Where a Bill has been referred to the Constitutional Court under clause (1), the President shall not assent to it and the National Assembly shall not proceed under Article 88(2) until the Court has pronounced its decision thereon.
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| - | 4. Where the Constitutional Court decides that a Bill referred to it under clause (1) does not infringe this Constitution, the Court shall forthwith inform the President and the Speaker in writing accordingly and the period under Article 86(2) within which the President is required to assent to a Bill shall start to run from the date of the decision of the Court.
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| - | '''88.''' 1. Where the President withholds, within the period provided in Article 86(2), assent to a Bill, not being a Bill referred to in Article 87(5), the President shall, in the case of a refusal, forthwith or, in any event, forthwith after the period of fourteen days referred to in Article 86(2) -
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| - | b. inform the Speaker in writing of the reasons why the Bill has not been assented to.
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| - | 2. Where the President has returned the Bill to the Speaker under clause (1)(a), the National Assembly may, at any time after a period of three months from the date by which the President should have assented to the Bill under Article 86(2), by a notice approved by the votes of not less than two-thirds of the number of members of the Assembly resolve that the Bill should again be presented for the President's assent.
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| - | 3. Where a Bill is presented for the President's assent under clause (2), notwithstanding that the President withholds assent to the Bill, the President shall be deemed to have assented to the Bill at the expiration of the period of fourteen days referred to in Article 86(2).
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