THE CONSTITUTION of GUYANA May 16, 1966 Part II CHAPTER IV. THE PRESIDENT 30. (1) There shall be a President of Guyana, who shall be the Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Guyana. (2) The President shall be elected by the National Assembly in accordance with this article. (3) A person shall not be qualified for election as President unless he is a citizen of Guyana of the age of forty years or upwards, and a person shall be disqualified for election as President if he is disqualified for election as a member of the Assembly by virtue of any provision of Article 60 of this Constitution other than paragraph (1) (e) or of any law enacted in pursuance thereof other than a law enacted in pursuance of paragraph (2) (a) or (c) thereof. (4) The President shall be elected by secret ballot at a meeting of the Assembly held for the purpose of electing the President (in this article referred to as an "election meeting"); and each elected member of the Assembly shall be entitled to a single vote in each ballot for the election of the President taken at such a meeting (in this article referred to as a "Presidential ballot"). (5) An election meeting shall commence on such date (in this article referred to as "the Presidential election date") and at such time as the President shall determine by order published in the Gazette at least twenty-one days before the election date: Provided that, where the office of President becomes vacant before a person is elected to hold that office for the next succeeding term, the Presidential election date shall be so determined that the election meeting shall commence during the period of sixty days beginning with the date when the office of President becomes