3. Parliament to elect President in certain circumstan-ces,
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Where the office of President becomes vacant in terms of paragraph (1) of Article 38 of the Constitution, other than sub-paragraph (f) of that paragraph, Parlia-ment shall elect as President one of its members who is qualified to be elected to the office of President, to hold office for the unexpired period of the term of office of the
President vacating office.
Such election shall be held as soon as possible after, and in no case later than one month from, the date of occur-rence of the vacancy
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Provided that if such vacancy occurs after the dissolution of Parliament, the President shall be elected by the new
Parliament within one month of its first meeting.