27. If the Secretary General is absent or unable to act, or in case of vacancy of the office of Secretary General, the President shall designate one of the associate secretaries general to replace the Secretary General during his absence or inability to act or during the vacancy of the office.
1982, c. 62, s. 27; 1984, c. 47, s. 8; 1999, c. 40, s. 25.