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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.
