Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria {First Alteration) Act 2010 No. 5 A 1097 "(2A) In the determination of the four year term, where a re-run election has taken place and the person earlier sworn in wins the re-run election, the time spent in the office before the date the election was annulled, shall be taken into account." 13. Section 137(1)(/) of the Principal Act is deleted. Alteration of Section 137. 14. Section 145 of the Principal Act is substituted for a n e w section "145"— Substitution for Section 145. "Acting 145.—(1) Whenever the President is proceeding on vacation or President j s otherwise unable to discharge the functions of his office, he shall temporary' t r a n s m i l a written declaration to the President of the Senate and absence of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to that effect, and President until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, the Vice-President shall perform the functions of the President as Acting President. (2) In the event that the President is unable or fails to transmit the written declaration mentioned in subsection (1) of this section within 21 days, the National Assembly shall, by a resolution made by a simple majority of the vote of each House of the National Assembly, mandate the Vice-President to perform the functions of the office of the President as Acting President until the President transmits a letter to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives that he is now available to resume his functions as President." 15. Section 156 of the Principal Act is altered in subsection (1) (a), line 2, by inserting immediately after the word "Representatives", the words, "provided that a member of any of these bodies shall not be required to belong to a political party, and in the case of the Independent National Electoral Commission, he shall not be a member of a political party." Alteration of Section 156. 16. Section 160 of the Principal Act is altered, in subsection (1), line 4, by inserting immediately after the word "functions", the words, "provided that in the case of the Independent National Electoral Commission, its powers to make its own rules or otherwise regulate its own procedure shall not be subject to the approval or control of the President." Alteration of Section 160. 17. Section 178 of the Principal Act is altered— (a) in subsection (1), line 2, by inserting immediately after the word, "Commission", the words, "in accordance with the Electoral Act" ; and (b) in subsection (2), line 2, by substituting for the words "sixty days and not later than thirty", the words, "one hundred and fifty days and not later than one hundred and twenty". Alteration of Section 178.