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Article 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) - a. return the Bill to the Speaker; and b. inform the Speaker in writing of the reasons why the Bill has not been assented to. 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. 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).