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(1) refraining from acts which result in giving approval to works or projects or
which creates an obligation on the subsequent Council of Ministers, except as already
determined in the annual appropriation;
(2) refraining from the appointment or transfer of government officials holding
permanent positions or receiving permanent salaries, or officials of State agency, State
enterprise, or undertaking in which the State is a major shareholder, or discharging such
person from the performance of duties or removal of such person from office, or instructing
another person to perform duties in lieu of such person, except by prior approval of the
Election Commission;
(3) refraining from acts which result in giving approval to the expenditure of
budget reserved for an emergency or exigency, except by prior approval of the Election
Commission;
(4) refraining from the utilisation of State resources or State personnel for
performing acts which may have an effect on an election, and refraining from the violation
of any prohibitions under the rules prescribed by the Election Commission.
Section 170. The ministership of an individual Minister terminates upon:
(1) death;
(2) resignation;
(3) the passing of a vote of no-confidence by the House of Representatives;
(4) being disqualified or being under any of the prohibitions under section
160;
(5) having done an act prohibited by section 186 or section 187;
(6) the issuance of a Royal Command to remove a Minister from office under
section 171;
Apart from the grounds for termination of ministership of an individual
Minister under paragraph one, the ministership of the Prime Minister also terminates upon
the lapse of the period of time under section 158 paragraph four.
The provisions of section 82 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the termination
of ministership under ( 2) , ( 4) or ( 5) or paragraph two. For this purpose, the Election
Commission shall also have the power to refer the matter to the Constitutional Court for
decision.
Section 171. The King has the Royal Prerogative to remove a Minister from
his or her office upon the advice of the Prime Minister.