33. (1) A Vice-President shall cease to hold office as such if he ceases to be a member of the Assembly. A Vice-President may resign office by writing under his hand addressed to the President, and, on acceptance thereof by the President, the resignation shall become effective.
Procedure for filling vacancy.
(2) When, owing to a vacancy in the office of an elected Vice-President of the Assembly, the election of another Vice- President becomes necessary, the President shall fix a date for the holding of the election, and the Secretary shall send to every member a notice of the date so fixed.
(3) At any time before noon on the day preceding the date so fixed, any member may nominate another member for election by delivering to the Secretary a nomination paper signed by himself as proposer and by a third member as seconder and stating-
(a) the name of the member nominated, and
(b) that the proposer has ascertained that such member is willing to serve as Vice-President, if elected.
(4) The President shall read out to the Assembly the names of the members who have been duly nominated together with those of their proposers and seconders, and, if only one member has been so nominated shall declare that member to be elected. If more than one member has been so nominated, the Assembly shall proceed to elect the Vice-President in accordance with the principle of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.