Removal from office

(1) The President or First Vice-President shall be removed from office where the President or First Vice-President, as the case may be, has been indicted and convicted by impeachment. (2) The procedure for impeachment shall be as laid down by the Standing Orders of Parliament, provided that they are in full accord with the principles of natural justice and that— (a) indictment and conviction by impeachment shall only be on the grounds of serious violation of the Constitution or serious breach of the written laws of the Republic that either occurred or came to light during the term of office of the President or the First Vice-President; (b) indictment on impeachment shall require the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the National Assembly in a committee of the whole house; (c) conviction on impeachment shall require the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the National Assembly; (d) conviction in cases of impeachment shall cause the removal, and disqualification from such office in the future, of the office holder; and (e) conviction by way of impeachment shall not act as a bar to legal proceedings. [31 of 1994; 6 of 1995] (3) The President shall have power to remove the Second Vice-President from office. [31 of 1994] [31 of 1994; 6 of 1995; 4 of 2001; 13 of 2001]