myself to the welfare of its inhabitants, to obey, observe, uphold and maintain the Constitution and all other Law of the Republic, to discharge my duties with all my strength and talents to the best of my knowledge and ability and true to the dictates of my conscience, to do justice unto all and to devote myself to the well-being of my people. May the Almighty by His grace guide and sustain me in keeping this oath with honour and dignity. So help me God.”. |
8. The following section is hereby substituted for section 13 of the principal Act:
| “Protection of dignity and reputation of State President, Vice State President and Acting State President. | 13. Any person who commits any act which is calculated to violate the dignity or injure the reputation of the State President, the Vice State President or an Acting State President, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand rand or imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years.”. |
9. The following section is hereby substituted for section 14 of the principal Act:
| “Salary of State President and Vice State President. | 14. (1) There shall be paid to the State President and the Vice State President out of and as a charge on the State Revenue Fund, in addition to any allowances appropriated from time to time by Parliament, and apart from any privileges which [he] they may enjoy, each a salary determined, subject to the provisions of subsection [(3)] (2), by resolution of [the Senate and] the House of Assembly from time to time. [(2) The salary payable to the State President immediately prior to the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to have been determined under subsection (1).] [(3)] (2) The salary of the State President or the Vice State President shall not be reduced during his term of office.”. |
10. The following section is hereby inserted in the principal Act after section 15:
| “Pension to be payable to Vice State President and his widow. | 15A. The provisions of section 15 (1) and (2) apply mutatis mutandis in respect of a person who occupied the office of Vice State President and his widow.”. |
11. Section 20 of the principal Act is hereby amended―
| (a) | by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection:
“(1) The State President may appoint persons not exceeding [eighteen] twenty in number to administer such departments of State of the Republic as the State President may establish.”; and | |
| (b) | by the substitution for subsection (3) of the following subsection:
“(3) No Minister shall hold office for a longer period than twelve months unless he is or becomes a member of the [Senate or the] House of Assembly, and a person who was a Minister without being a member of the [Senate or the] House of Assembly shall not again be appointed as a Minister unless he is such a member.” |
