A 1102 Alteration of Section 180. 2010 No. 5 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (First A Iteration) A ct 18. Section 180 of the Principal Act is altered by inserting immediately after the existing subsection (2) a new section "(2A)"— "(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 office before the date the election was annulled shall be taken into account". Alteration of section 182. 19. Section 182 ( 1 ) ( / ) of the Principal Act is deleted. Substitution for Section 190. 20. Section 190 of the Principal Act is substituted for a new section "190"— "Acting Governor during temporary absence oj Governor 190. (1) Whenever the Governor is proceeding on vacation or is otherwise unable to discharge the functions of his office, he shall transmit a written declaration to the Speaker of the House of Assembly to that effect, and until he transmits to the Speaker of the House of Assembly a written declaration to the contrary, the Deputy Governor shall perform the functions of the Governor as Acting Governor. (2) In the event that the Governor is unable or fails to transmit the written declaration mentioned in subsection (1) o f t h i s section within 21 days, the House of Assembly shall, by a resolution made by a simple majority of the vote of the House, mandate the Deputy Governor to perform the functions of the office of the Governor as Acting Governor, until the Governor transmits a letter to the Speaker that he is now available to resume his functions as Governor." Alteration of Section 200. Substitution for Section , 228(a) antf (b). 21. Section 200(1) (a), line 2, of the Principal Act is altered, by inserting immediately after the word "Assembly", the words, "provided that a member of any of the said bodies shall not be required to belong to a political party and, in the case of tfte State Independent Electoral Commission, he shall not be a member of a political party". 22. Section 228 (a) and (b) of the Principal Act is substituted for a new section "22ST (b)— "Powers of the National Assembly with respect to Political Parties V guidelines and rules to ensure internal democracy within ' giolkjcai parties, including making laws for the conduct of party fj^narteS; party congresses and party conventions ; and (b) the conferment on the Independent National Electoral Commission of powers as may appear to the National Assembly to be necessary or desirable for the pupose of enabling the Commission ifnore effectively to ensure that political parties observe the practices 6f internal democracy, including the fair and transparent conduct of party primaries, party congresses and party conventions".