Vacation of the office of King

53. Vacation of the office of King (1) If, in the opinion of the Prime Minister - (a) the King declines to take and subscribe the oath set out in Schedule 1 to this Constitution; (b) the King having taken and subscribed the said oath, thereafter fails or declines to abide by any of its terms; or (c) the King is unable to perform the functions of his office due to infirmity of body or mind, the Prime Minister may report the facts thereof to the National Assembly and the Senate. Page 33 (2) On receiving a report under subsection (1), the National Assembly and the Senate shall each determine and declare by resolution whether the circumstances are such that the person holding the office of King should cease to hold such office and, subject to the provisions of subsection (3), where it is so declared that the person holding the office of King should cease to hold that office, that person shall vacate the office of King with effect from such date as may be specified in the resolution or if no date is so specified, on the date on which the resolution is passed. (3) Where the resolutions of the two Houses of Parliament made under subsection (2) differ, the resolution of the National Assembly shall prevail. (4) The Prime Minister shall cause to be published in the Gazette every resolution made by the Houses of Parliament under this section and, if as a consequence of such a resolution the person holding the office of King has vacated his office, shall give notice of that fact and of the date (in this section referred to as the "effective date") of his so vacating his office. (5) Whenever the person holding the office of King has vacated office in accordance with this section, any act performed or any thing done on or after the effective date by the person so vacating the office or by the Regent or by a person designated under this Constitution to perform the functions of the office of King which purports to have been performed or done by such person in the exercise of the office of King shall be null and void.