Section 85: Ministerial Vacancies.

(1) The office of a Vice-President shall become vacant— a) on the dissolution of Parliament; or b) if a Vice-President resigns from office or dies; or c) if the holder of the office ceases to be a member of the Recognised Party; or d) if the President by instrument under the Public Seal, removes the incumbent from office; or e) if a Vice-President is incapacitated by illness from performing the functions of his office; or f) upon the assumption of any person to the office of President. (2) The office of a Minister of State or of a Deputy Minister or of a Parliamentary Special Assistant shall become vacant— a) on the dissolution of Parliament; or b) if his appointment is revoked by the President; or c) if he resigns from office or dies; or d) if the holder of the office ceases to be a member of the Recognised Party; or e) if he is elected as Speaker or Deputy Speaker of Parliament; or f) upon the assumption of any person to the office of President. (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this Section Vice Presidents, Ministers of State, Deputy Ministers and Parliamentary Special Assistants shall not vacate office as such by reason only of a dissolution of Parliament and shall accordingly continue to perform the functions of their respective offices until the appointment by the President of the Vice-Presidents, and the formation of the Cabinet. (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Constitution, or any other law, the offices of the Vice-Presidents shall not become vacant by reason only of the election of a new President, and the Vice-Presidents shall accordingly continue to perform the duties of their respective offices until the new President is inaugurated and appoints other Vice- Presidents as the case may be. Establishment of 86. (1) There shall be a Cabinet whose functions shall be to advise the President in the government of Sierra Leone Cabinet. and which shall consist of the President, the Vice-Presidents, the Secretary-General of the Party ex-officio, Ministers and such other persons, being Ministers, as the President may from time to time appoint. (2) A person appointed as a member of Cabinet shall vacate his seat in the Cabinet if he ceases to be a Minister or if the President so directs. (3) The Cabinet shall determine the general policy of the Government. (4) The President or in his absence the First Vice-President or in his absence the Second Vice-President shall preside at meetings of the Cabinet. Collective