Vanuatu

Section 36, subsection (2) states:

The President of the Republic may be removed from office, only for gross misconduct or incapacity, by the electoral college provided for in Article 34…

Section 37 states:

(1) Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the President of the Republic or the President is overseas or incapacitated, the Speaker of Parliament shall perform the functions of President under this Constitution and any other law.

(2) When Parliament is dissolved and there is a vacancy in the office of the President of the Republic or the President is overseas or incapacitated, the Speaker of Parliament at the time of the dissolution shall perform the functions of the President of the Republic under this Constitution and any other law until a new Speaker is elected.

Section 47, subsection (3) states:

All members of the judiciary shall hold office until they reach the age of retirement. They shall only be removed from office by the President of the Republic in the event of –…

• (b) a determination by the Judicial Service Commission of gross misconduct, incapacity or professional incompetence.

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Republic of Vanuatu (1980, last amended 1983)

Schedule 5, section 2, subsection (2) states:

The oldest polling clerk shall act as returning officer during the absence or incapacity of the returning officer.

Excerpt from the Representation of the People Act (1982, amended 2006)