Section 6. [Thereafter,] After declaration of incapacitation
under section 5, when the Lieutenant Governor transmits to the
General Assembly [his] a written declaration that no
[disability] incapacitation exists, [he] the Lieutenant Governor
shall resume the powers and duties of [his office] the Office of
Lieutenant Governor at the expiration of four days unless within
that period the President Pro Tempore and a majority of the
Governor's Cabinet as defined herein, transmit to the General
Assembly a written declaration that the Lieutenant Governor is
[unable to discharge] incapacitated and incapable of discharging
the powers and duties of [his office] the Office of Lieutenant
Governor.
Thereupon, the General Assembly shall immediately decide the
issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if
not in session. If the General Assembly within twenty-one days
after receipt of the latter written declaration, or if the
General Assembly is not in session, within twenty-one days after
the General Assembly is required to assemble, determines by two-
thirds vote of each House that the Lieutenant Governor is
[unable to discharge] incapacitated and incapable of discharging
the powers and duties of the office, the President Pro Tempore
shall continue to discharge the same as Acting Lieutenant
Governor; otherwise, the Lieutenant Governor shall resume the
powers and duties of [his office] the Office of Lieutenant
Governor.
Section 7. For the purpose of this statute the Governor's
Cabinet shall be the heads of the Administrative Departments as
defined in the [Administrative Code of 1929,] act of April 9,
1929 (P.L.177, No.175), [as amended,] known as The
Administrative Code of 1929, or any successor statute, who hold
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