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Article 51 1. A person is qualified for election as President if - a. the person is a citizen of Seychelles; b. the person is not disqualified from registration as a voter under this Constitution. 2. Subject to clause (6), Schedule 3 shall have effect with regard to the election of the President. 3. The Constitutional Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine whether a person has been validly elected to the office of President. 4. An application under clause (3) may be made by a person entitled to vote at an election of the President, a person who was a candidate at the election or the Attorney General. 5. Where a person other than the Attorney-General makes an application under this Article, the Attorney-General may intervene and may appear or be represented in the proceedings. 6. A law may provide for - a. the circumstances and manner in which and the imposition of conditions upon which an application may be made to the Constitutional Court for the determination of a question under clause (2); b. the powers, practice and procedure of the Constitutional Court in relation to the application; and c. any matter, not otherwise provided for in Schedule 3, which is necessary or required to ensure a true, fair and effective election of the President.