Resignations 228 (1) Any person who is appointed or elected to or otherwise selected for, any office established by or under this Constitution may resign from that office by writing under his or her hand addressed to the person or authority by whom he or she was appointed, elected or selected. In the case of: (a) (b) (c) (d) (2) Any such resignation shall take effect, when no date is specified, when the writing is received – (a) (b) Reappointment 229 the President, his or her resignation shall be addressed to the Speaker and to the Chief Justice; the Vice-President, his or her resignation shall be addressed to the President; the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker, his or her resignation from that office shall be addressed to the Clerk of the National Assembly; and a member of the National Assembly, his or her resignation shall be addressed to the Speaker. in the case of the President, by the Speaker: in any other case, by the person or authority to whom it is addressed or by any person authorised by that person or authority to receive it. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, where a person has vacated any office established by or under the Constitution, he or she may, if qualified, again be appointed, elected or otherwise selected to hold that office in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution (2) Where by this Constitution a power is conferred on any person or authority to make any appointment to any public office, a person may be appointed to that office notwithstanding that some other person maybe holding that office when that other person is on leave of absence pending relinquishment of the office; and where two or more, persons are holding the same office by reason of any appointment made in pursuance of this subsection, then for the purposes of any function conferred on the holder of that office, the person last appointed shall be deemed to be the holder of the office.