2010 ED] CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES [CAP 167
(b) refer the Bill to the Constitutional Court for
decision in this respect.
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(2) Where the President refers a Bill to the
Constitutional Court under clause (1), the President shall not,
until the Court has made its decision on the Bill, be treated,
for the purposes of article 88, as having withheld assent to the
Bill.
(3) Where a Bill has been referred to the Constitutional
Court under clause (1), the President shall not assent to it and
the National Assembly shall not proceed under article 88(2)
until the Court has pronounced its decision thereon.
(4) Where the Constitutional Court decides that a Bill
referred to it under clause (1) does not infringe this
Constitution, the Court shall forthwith inform the President
and the Speaker in writing accordingly and the period under
article 86(2) within which the President is required to assent to
a Bill shall start to run from the date of the decision of the
Court.
(5) Where the Constitutional Court decides that a Bill
referred to it under clause (1) infringes this Constitution, the
Court shall forthwith inform the President and the Speaker in
writing accordingly and the President shall return the Bill to
the Speaker.
88.(1) Where the President withholds, within the period Withholding of
provided in article 86(2), assent to a Bill, not being a Bill assent by
referred to in article 87(5), the President shall, in the case of a President
refusal, forthwith or, in any event, forthwith after the period of
fourteen days referred to in article 86(2)−
(a) return the Bill to the Speaker; and
(b)
inform the Speaker in writing of the reasons
why the Bill has not been assented to.
(2) Where the President has returned the Bill to the
Speaker under clause (1)(a), the National Assembly may, at
any time after a period of three months from the date by which
the President should have assented to the Bill under article
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