(1)Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, any person who is appointed or elected to any office established by this Constitution may resign from that office by writing signed by that person addressed to the person or authority by whom he or she was appointed or elected.

(2)The resignation of a person from any office established by this Constitution shall take effect in accordance with the terms on which that person was appointed or, if there are no such terms, when the writing signifying the resignation is received by the person or authority to whom it is addressed or by any person authorised by that person or authority to receive it.

(3)For the purposes of clause (1) of this Article, “office” includes the office of—

(4)Subject to the provisions of this Article, Parliament may make laws providing for the resignation of persons holding offices established by this Constitution not provided for in this Article.