constituteproject.org PDF generated: 19 Feb 2021, 13:13 CHAPTER V: THE EXECUTIVE • Name/structure of executive(s) • Deputy executive 66. 1. The executive authority of the Republic shall vest in the President and shall be exercised in accordance with this Constitution and the laws of Seychelles. 2. The executive authority vested in the President under this article shall extend to the execution and maintenance of this Constitution and the laws of Seychelles and to all matters with respect to which the National Assembly has power to make laws. 3. Subject to this Constitution, the functions conferred on the President by clause (1) may be exercised by the President directly or through subordinate officers. 3A. The President is politically responsible for a Ministry or department that the President has not specifically assigned to the Vice-President or a Minister. 4. Nothing in this article shall prevent the National Assembly from conferring, by or under an Act, functions on a person other than the President or on an authority. 66A. 1. There shall be a Vice-President of Seychelles who shall perform the functions assigned to the Vice-President by the Constitution, an Act or the President. 2. The President may assign the Vice-President the political responsibility of one or more Ministries. 3. The Vice-President shall be a person who is qualified to be elected President under article 51. 4. A candidate at an election for President shall designate a person as the candidate's Vice-President and on the election of the candidate as President the person designated as Vice-President by the candidate becomes Vice-President. 5. A person who is a member of the National Assembly or the Judiciary shall upon becoming Vice-President cease to be a member of the National Assembly or Judiciary. 6. The term of office of the Vice-President shall be the same as that of the President under article 52. 7. A person shall not hold office as Vice-President for more than 3 terms. 8. The Vice-President shall, before starting to perform the functions of Vice-President, take and subscribe the oath of allegiance and the Vice-Presidential oath set out in Schedule 6. 9. The Vice-President may resign or be removed from office in the same manner as a Minister and articles 73 and 74 shall apply to the Vice-President. 10. Where the person who is Vice-President ceases to hold office as Vice-President, otherwise than under clause (11), the President shall designate another person as Vice-President for approval by the National Assembly. 11. Where the Vice-President assumes the office of President under article 55(1)a. the President shall, with the approval of the National Assembly appoint a person to be Vice-President; b. the person who at the time is designated Minister shall immediately cease to be designated Minister and the President shall designate a person, who may be the first mentioned person, for approval by the National Assembly as designated Minister. 12. Where under article 55 (1) the Vice-President assumes the office of President for a term which exceeds two thirds of the term of the President, the Vice-President is only eligible to serve for 2 other terms as President. Seychelles 1993 (rev. 2011) Page 32