—(1) An election for the office of President is reserved for a

19B.—(1) An election for the office of President is reserved for a community if no person belonging to that community has held the office of President for any of the 5 most recent terms of office of the President. [28/2016] (2) A person is qualified to be elected as President — (a) in an election reserved for one community under clause (1), only if the person belongs to the community for which the election is reserved and satisfies the requirements in Article 19; (b) in an election reserved for 2 communities under clause (1) — (i) only if the person satisfies the requirements in which a person has not held the office of President for the greater number of consecutive terms of office immediately before the election; or (ii) if no person qualifies under sub‑paragraph (i), only if the person satisfies the requirements in Article 19 and belongs to the other community for which the election is reserved; and (c) in an election reserved for all 3 communities under clause (1) — (i) only if the person satisfies the requirements in which a person has not held the office of President for the greatest number of consecutive terms of office immediately before the election; (ii) if no person qualifies under sub‑paragraph (i), only if the person satisfies the requirements in Article 19 and belongs to the community from which a person has not held the office of President for the next greatest number of consecutive terms of office immediately before the election; or (iii) if no person qualifies under sub‑paragraph (i) or (ii), only if the person satisfies the requirements in [28/2016] (3) For the purposes of this Article, a person who exercises the functions of the President under Article 22N or 22O is not considered to have held the office of President. [28/2016] (4) The Legislature may, by law — (a) provide for the establishment of one or more committees to decide, for the purposes of this Article, whether a person belongs to the Chinese community, the Malay community or the Indian or other minority communities; (b) prescribe the procedure by which a committee under paragraph (a) decides whether a person belongs to a community; (c) provide for the dispensation of the requirement that a person must belong to a community in order to qualify to be elected as President if, in a reserved election, no person who qualifies to be elected as President under clause (2)(a), (b) or (c) (as the case may be) is nominated as a candidate for election as President; and (d) make such provisions the Legislature considers necessary or expedient to give effect to this Article. [28/2016] (5) No provision of any law made pursuant to this Article is invalid on the ground of inconsistency with Article 12 or is considered to be a differentiating measure under Article 78. [28/2016] (6) In this Article — “community” means — (a) the Chinese community; (b) the Malay community; or (c) the Indian or other minority communities; “person belonging to the Chinese community” means any person who considers himself to be a member of the Chinese community and who is generally accepted as a member of the Chinese community by that community; “person belonging to the Malay community” means any person, whether of the Malay race or otherwise, who considers himself to be a member of the Malay community and who is generally accepted as a member of the Malay community by that community; “person belonging to the Indian or other minority communities” means any person of Indian origin who considers himself to be a member of the Indian community and who is generally accepted as a member of the Indian community by that community, or any person who belongs to any minority community other than the Malay or Indian community; “term of office” includes an uncompleted term of office. [28/2016] Term of office