Removai of President or Vice-President from office

97 Removai of President or Vice-President from office (1) The Senate and the National Assembly, by a joint resolution passed by at least one-half of their total membership, may resolve that the question whether or not the President or a Vice-President should be removed from office for— {a) serious misconduct; (b) failure to obey, uphold or defend this Constitution: (c) wilful violation of this Constitution; or (d) inability to perform the functions of the office because of physical or mental incapacity; should be investigated in terms of this section. (2) Upon the passing of a resolution in terms of subsection (1). the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders must appoint a joint committee of the Senate and the National Assembly consisting of nine members reflecting the political composition of Parliament, to investigate the removal from office of the President or Vice-President, as the case may be. (3) f¥— (a) the joint committee appointed im terms of subsection (2} recommends the removal from office of the President or Vice-President; and (b) the Senate and the National Assembly, by a joint resolution passed by at least two-thirds of their total membership, resolve that the President or Vice-President, as the case may be, should be removed from office; the President or Vice-President thereupon ceases to hold office.