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Article 5 Amendment of section 23 of the Constitution

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

Section 23 of the Constitution (Executive Council) is amended—

(a)

by renumbering the existing text as subsection (1); and

(b)

by inserting after that text the following new subsection—

“(2)

The number of Ministers referred to in subsection (1) may be increased by law but in no circumstances may the number of Ministers be increased so that the total number of Ministers exceeds a number arrived at by subtracting one from the total number of elected members of the House of Assembly and then dividing by two.”.