Acting President

100 Acting President (1} Whenever the President is absent from Zimbabwe or is unable to exercise his or her official functions through illness or any other cause, those functions must be assumed and exercised — (a) by the first Vice-President; (b) where the first Vice-President is unable to exercise those functions, by the second Vice-President; or (c) if there is no Vice-President who is able to exercise the functions, by a Minister — (i) designated for such an eventuality by the President; or (11) nominated by the Cabinet, where no Minister has been designated by the President in terms of subparagraph (i). (2) Except in accordance with a resolution passed by a majority of the total : membership of the Cabinet, a person exercising the functions of the office of President in terms of subsection (1) must not exercise the power of the President — (a) to deploy the Defence Forces; (b) to enter into any international convention, treaty or agreement; (c) to appoint or revoke the appointment of a Vice-President, Minister or Deputy Minister; or (d) to assign or reassign functions to a Vice-President, Minister or Deputy Minister, including. in the case of a Vice-President or Minister. the administration of auy Act of Parliament or of any Ministry or department. or to cancel any such assignment of functions.