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Revision note: Prime Minister, Council of Ministers and the Cabinet

  • Art 74: CoM aids and advises President; Art 75: appointment, responsibility; Art 78: PM's duties to President
  • PM: leader of majority in LS; non-member for 6 months; oath by President
  • 91st Amdt 2003: CoM ≤15% of LS strength; defectors barred from ministry
  • Collective responsibility to LS (75(3)); individual responsibility (75(2))
  • Cabinet: added in Art 352 by 44th Amdt; cabinet committees extra-constitutional (ACC, CCS, CCEA, CCPA)
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