Constitution of the Republic of Singapore
—(1) If the office of President becomes vacant, the Chairman
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22N.—(1) If the office of President becomes vacant, the Chairman
of the Council of Presidential Advisers or, if he is unavailable, the
Speaker shall exercise the functions of the office of President during
the period between the date the office of President becomes vacant
and the assumption of office by the person declared elected as
President.
(2) If neither the Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers
nor the Speaker is available, Parliament may appoint a person in
accordance with clause (3) to exercise the functions of the office of
President during the period referred to in clause (1).
(3) Parliament shall not appoint any person to exercise the
functions of the office of President under clause (2) unless the
person is qualified to be elected as President.
(4) The provisions of this Chapter relating to immunity from suits
shall apply in relation to any person exercising the functions of the
office of President pursuant to this Article as if references to the
President in those provisions were references to that person.
(5) Any person required or appointed to exercise the functions of
the office of President pursuant to this Article or Article 22O shall,
before exercising those functions, take and subscribe in the presence
of the Chief Justice or another Supreme Court Judge the Oath of
Office in the form set out in the First Schedule, except that neither the
Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers nor the Speaker
shall, during his term of office as such Chairman or as Speaker, be
required to take such oath more than once in respect of occasions
when he is required to exercise the functions of the office of
President.
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