Article 100: Provisions relating to vote of confidence and motion of no-confidence

1) The Prime Minister may, whenever he or she considers necessary or appropriate to show that he or she has confidence from the House of Representatives, table a motion to that effect in the House of Representatives for the vote of confidence.

2) If the political party that the Prime Minister represents is divided or a political party in the coalition government withdraws its support, the Prime Minister shall table a motion in the House of Representatives for a vote of confidence within thirty days.

3) If a motion tabled under clauses (1) and (2) is not passed by a majority of the total number of members of the House of Representatives, the Prime Minister shall be relieved of his or her office.

4) One-fourth of the total number of the then members of the House of Representatives may table a motion of no-confidence in writing that the House has no confidence in the Prime Minister. Provided that a motion of no confidence shall not be tabled until the first two years after the appointment of the Prime Minister and until another year after the date of failure of the motion of no confidence once tabled.

5) A motion of no confidence to be tabled under clause (4) shall also indicate the name of a member proposed for the Prime Minister.

6) If a motion of no confidence tabled under clause (4) is passed by a majority of the total number of then members of the House of Representatives, the Prime Minister shall be relieved of his or her office.

7) If the office of the Prime Minister falls vacant because of the passage of a motion of no confidence under clause (6), the President shall, in accordance with Article 76, appoint as the Prime Minister the member of the House of Representatives proposed under clause (5).