-(1) Unless he sooner resigns or dies, a person elected or appointed in

50.-(1) Unless he sooner resigns or dies, a person elected or appointed in office of Vice- accordance with Article 37(5), to be Vice-President, shall, subject to the other President Act No.15 provisions of this Article, hold office for a period of five years from the day he is of 1984 elected Vice-President. Art.9 (2) The Vice-President shall hold office until - Act No.34 (a) his tenure of office expires; of 1994 (b) he dies while in office; Art.11 Act No.12 (c) he resigns; of 1995 (d) he is sworn in as President after the office of President falls vacant; Art.6 (e) he is convicted of any criminal offence disclosing lack of honesty Act No.3 or loyalty; of 2000 (f) when another President is sworn in to hold the office of President Art.10; together with his Vice-President; G.N.No.133 of 2001 (g) he is removed from office following his impeachment by the National Assembly in accordance with the provisions of subarticle (3) of this Article; or (h) he otherwise ceases to hold the office of Vice-President in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. (3) The National Assembly shall have the same power to remove the Vice-President from office as it has in relation to the President save that any motion to impeach the Vice-President shall be moved before the National Assembly only if it is alleged that - (a) the President has submitted a certificate to the Speaker stating that the Vice-President has ceased or failed to discharge the duties and functions of the office of Vice-President; (b) he has committed acts which generally violate the Constitution or the law concerning the ethics of public leaders; (c) he has committed acts which contravene the conditions concerning the registration of political parties specified in Article 20(2) of the Constitution; or (d) he has conducted himself in a manner that lowers the esteem of the office of President of the United Republic or the office of Vice- President, and no such motion shall be moved within twelve months from the time when a similar motion was previously moved and rejected by the National Assembly. (4) In the event that the office of Vice-President is vacant pursuant to the relevant provisions of subarticle (2) or (3) of this Article as soon as possible and in any case within a period not exceeding fourteen days after the Vice-President has ceased to hold his office, the President shall appoint a person who shall be the Vice-President and such appointment shall be confirmed by the National Assembly by a majority vote of the Members of Parliament. (5) All other provisions of Article 46A of the Constitution shall apply also in relation to the Vice-President save only that a Vice-President who has been removed from office under subarticle (3) shall no longer qualify to hold the office of the President, Vice President, Prime Minister or President of Zanzibar. PRIME MINISTER, CABINET AND THE GOVERNMENT Prime Minister