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 ==== General election ==== 8.—(1) The Governor shall, by proclamation published in the Gazette, appoint a date for the holding of a general election to the House of Assembly, and such date shall be not later than 30 days after the appointed day.

(2) The period for nomination of candidates for election at the general election shall be closed not later than fifteen days before the date appointed under subsection (1).

Standing Orders
9. The Standing Orders of the House of Assembly established by the existing Constitution in the form in which they were last in force before the appointed day shall, except as may be otherwise provided under section 63 of the Constitution, have effect on and after that day as if they had been made under that section as Standing Orders of the House of Assembly established by the Constitution, but they shall be read and construed with such modifications, adaptations, qualifications and exceptions as may be necessary to bring them into conformity with the Constitution.

Director of Public Prosecutions
10. Until a person is appointed to the office of Director of Public Prosecutions in accordance with the Constitution, the Attorney General shall perform the functions of that office.

Pending legal proceedings
11.—(1) Any cause, matter or appeal pending before the Supreme Court or any appeal or application pending before the Court of Appeal immediately before the appointed day may, on or after that day, be continued, determined or appealed against as if such cause, matter or appeal had been instituted or was pending before the Supreme Court, or such appeal or application made to the Court of Appeal, as the case may be, as those courts are respectively constituted by the Constitution.

(2) Any decree or order of the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeal given or made before the appointed day, in so far as it has not been fully executed or enforced, may be executed or enforced on or after that day as if it were a decree or order of the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeal, as the case may be, as those courts are respectively constituted by the Constitution.

Remuneration, allowances, terms and conditions of certain office-holders
12.—(1) The remuneration, allowances, and terms and conditions of service payable or applicable immediately before the appointed day to each judge of the Supreme Court, each judge of the Court of Appeal and each magistrate shall, until it is otherwise provided under section 84 of the Constitution, continue to be payable or to apply to that judge or, as the case may be, that magistrate.

(2) The remuneration and allowances payable immediately before the appointed day to any person holding office as, or as a member of, any of the institutions protecting good governance shall, until it is otherwise provided under section 97 of the Constitution, continue to be payable to that person.

(3) The remuneration and allowances payable, immediately before the House of Assembly established by the existing Constitution was last dissolved before the appointed day, to the Speaker and the other members of that House of Assembly shall, until it is otherwise provided under section 124 of the Constitution, be payable to the Speaker and the other members of the House of Assembly established by the Constitution.

(4) The remuneration and allowances payable immediately before the appointed day to any person holding any office to which section 125 of the Constitution applies shall, until it is otherwise provided under that section, continue to be payable to that person. 3