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Ark. Code Ann. § 21-12-202: Suspension of impeached officer
Where this section sits in the code
- AR Code
- Title 21
- Chapter 12
- Subchapter 2
(a) When any officer shall be impeached, he or she is declared to be suspended from exercising his or her office, after he or she shall be notified thereof, until he or she is acquitted.
(b) If the President of the Senate be impeached, notice shall be immediately given by the House of Representatives to the Senate, that another President of the Senate may be appointed.
(c) In all cases of impeachment of any officer of this state, the Governor is authorized to appoint some suitable person to perform the functions of the office from which the officer is suspended until the case of impeachment is disposed of by trial or otherwise, according to law. The person so appointed shall receive the same salary and emoluments as the officer impeached.
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