Court or the High Court or qualified to be such. The Advisory Board shall perform the function set out in Article 24 (2)(c) hereof. (6) Any regulations made by the President pursuant to the provisions of SubArticle (5) hereof shall cease to have legal force if they have not been approved by a resolution of the National Assembly within fourteen (14) days from the date when the National Assembly first sits in session after the date of the commencement of any such regulations. (7) The President shall have the power to proclaim or terminate martial law. Martial law may be proclaimed only when a state of national defence involving another country exists or when civil war prevails in Namibia: provided that any proclamation of martial law shall cease to be valid if it is not approved within a reasonable time by a resolution passed by a two-thirds majority of all the members of the National Assembly. CHAPTER 5 The President Article 27 Head of State and Government (1) The President shall be the Head of State and of the Government and the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Force. (2) The executive power of the Republic of Namibia shall vest in the President and the Cabinet. (3) Except as may be otherwise provided in this Constitution or by law, the President shall in the exercise of his or her functions be obliged to act in consultation with the Cabinet. Article 28 Election (1) The President shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and subject thereto. (2) Election of the President shall be: (3) Ta ble of Conten ts (a) by direct, universal and equal suffrage; and (b) conducted in accordance with principles and procedures to be determined by Act of Parliament: provided that no person shall be elected as President unless he or she has received more than fifty (50) per cent of the votes cast and the necessary number of ballots shall be conducted until such result is reached. Every citizen of Namibia by birth or descent, over the age of thirty-five (35) years, and who is eligible to be elected to office as a member of the National Assembly -19­