Exceptional cases
- The Constitution and Laws of the Democratic Republic of East Timor
Exceptional cases
Section 83
(Exceptional Cases)
1. Where death, resignation or permanent disability occur in the imminence
of exceptional situations of war or protracted emergency, or of an
insurmountable difficulty of a technical or material nature, to be defined by
law, preventing the holding of a presidential election by universal suffrage as
provided for by Section 76, the new President of the Republic shall be elected
by the National Parliament from among its members within the ninety subsequent
days.
2. In the cases referred to in the previous item, the President-elect shall
serve for the remainder of the interrupted term and he or she may run for the
new election.