(2) A Minister vacates his or her office as Minister upon ceasing to be a Member of Parliament, unless he or she ceased to be a Member of Parliament as a result of a dissolution of Parliament, in which event he or she may continue to hold office as Minister until a person assumes office as President upon being elected or re-elected following the dissolution. 96 Cabinet (1) There must be a Cabinet consisting of the President, the Vice-President or VicePresidents, and such Ministers as the President may determine. (2) A Minister holds office as a member of the Cabinet at the President's pleasure, but a Minister− (a) ceases to hold office as a member of the Cabinet if he or she ceases to be a Minister; (b) may, by notice in writing to the President, resign from the Cabinet. (3) Cabinet meetings are presided over− (a) by the President; (b) in the absence of the President, by the Vice-President or, if there are two VicePresidents, by a Vice-President designated by the President; or (d) in the absence of the President and every Vice-President, by a Minister designated by the President. 97 Vote of no confidence in Government (1) Parliament may, by resolution passed by at least two-thirds of all its members at a joint sitting of the Senate and the National Assembly, pass a vote of no confidence in the Government. (2) A motion for the resolution for a vote of no confidence may be moved only if− (a) at least seven days' notice of the motion has been given to the Speaker; and (b) the notice of motion has been signed by at least one-third of all the Members of the National Assembly. (3) A motion for a vote of no confidence (a) must be debated in a joint sitting of the Senate and the National Assembly within twenty-one days after the Speaker received the notice of the motion; and (b) must be voted on within seven consecutive sitting days after it was moved, otherwise it is regarded as lost. (4) Where Parliament passes a vote of no confidence in the Government, the President must, within fourteen days, either (a) remove every Vice-President and Minister from office, unless they have already resigned as a result of the resolution, and appoint new persons in their place in accordance with this Constitution; or (b) dissolve Parliament, in which event a presidential election and a general election must be held in accordance with sections eighty-two and one hundred and forty-four. - 45 -