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13. The Vice-President shall receive such salary, allowance and gratuity as may be
prescribed by an Act and the salary, allowance or gratuity shall be a charge on
the Consolidated Fund.
67. 1. There shall be a Cabinet consisting of the Vice-President and Ministers.
2. The President or, in the absence of the President for any reason, the
Vice-President shall preside at meetings of the Cabinet.
3. Subject to clause (2), the Cabinet shall determine its own procedure in
connection with its meetings.
68. The Cabinet shall be responsible for advising the President with respect to the
policy of the Government and with respect to such other matters as may be
referred to it by President.
69. 1. There shall be such number of Ministers, not being less than seven or more
than fourteen as the President may, from time to time, determine.
2. The President may, with the approval of a majority of the members of the
National Assembly, appoint a person who is a citizen of Seychelles and who has
attained the age of eighteen years to the office of Minister.
3. Where a person who is a member of the National Assembly is appointed to the
office of Minister, the person shall, on assuming the office, cease to be a member
of the Assembly.
4. A person shall, before assuming office as Minister, subscribe before the
President the oath of allegiance and such other oath, as may be prescribed by an
Act, for the due execution of the functions of that office.
5. A Minister shall receive such salary, allowances and gratuity as may be
prescribed by an Act.
6. The salary, allowances or gratuity payable under clause (5) shall be a charge on
the Consolidated Fund.
7. Where a person is appointed as Minister and in addition to this article is entitled
to receive under any other provision of the Constitution a salary, pension,
gratuity or allowance, the person shall not, while holding the office of a Minister,
be concurrently entitled to receive the salary, pension, gratuity or allowance
under this article and under any other provision of the Constitution but may opt
to receive the salary, pension, gratuity or allowance under either this article or
any other provision of the Constitution.
70. 1. A Minister has such title, portfolio and responsibility as may be determined
from time to time by the President and a Minister may be assigned the
responsibility of more than one Ministry at any time.
2. Nothing in this article operates to prevent the conferring of functions on a
Minister by or under an Act.
3. Ministers shall perform their functions under clause (1) under the direction of
the President.
71. The Vice-President and the Ministers shall be individually accountable to The
President for the administration of their Ministries and departments assigned to
them and shall collectively be responsible for a decision of Cabinet.
72. A Minister, unless the Ministera.
dies
b.
resigns; or
c.
is removed from office under and in accordance with this Constitution,
shall hold office until immediately before the beginning of the term of the person
next elected, after the Minister's appointment, to the office of President.
Seychelles 1993 (rev. 2011)
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