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(1) Parliament may, by a resolution supported by the votes of not less than two-thirds of all the members of Parliament, pass a vote of censure on a Minister of State. (2) A motion for the resolution referred to in clause (1) of this article shall not be moved in Parliament unless- (a) seven days' notice has been given of the motion; and (b) the notice for the motion has been signed by not less than one- third of all the members of Parliament; (3) The motion shall be debated in Parliament within fourteen days after the receipt by the Speaker of the notice for the motion. (4) A Minister of State in respect of whom a vote of censure is debated under clause (3) of this article is entitled, during the debate, to be heard in his defence. (5) Where a vote of censure is passed against a Minister under this article the President may, unless the Minister resigns his office, revoke his appointment as a Minister. (6) For the avoidance of doubt this article applies to a Deputy Minister as it applies to a Minister of State. The National Security Council