the custody of Government stores, etc., will be found in Part II, Chapter VIII, of the Regulations.)
41. Officers are required to discharge the usual duties of the office to which they are appointed and any other suitable duties which the Governor may call upon them to perform.
42. An officer who is absent from the Territory without permission shall be liable to summary dismissal.
43. An officer whose remuneration is fixed on the assumption that his whole time is at the disposal of the Government is prohibited from engaging in trade, or employing himself in any commercial or agricultural undertaking.
44. (1) An officer, whether or not his whole time is at the disposal of the Government, shall on appointment to the service of any Territory disclose to the Governor particulars of any investment or shareholding which he may possess in any company carrying on business in the Territory, or any other direct or indirect interest in such company, or in any local occupation or undertaking. If the Governor shall decide that by reason
of the facts disclosed the officer's private affairs might be brought into real or apparent conflict with his public duties or in any way influence him in the discharge of his duties, the officer shall to such extent as the Governor may direct divest himself of such investments or interests.
(2) An officer shall not directly or indirectly acquire investments or interests of the nature mentioned in this Regulation without the express permission of the Governor.
45. Serious pecuniary embarrassment, from whatever cause, will be regarded as necessarily impairing the efficiency of an officer and rendering him liable to disciplinary proceedings at the discretion of the Governor.
46. An officer on leave of absence (including leave preparatory to retire- ment) shall not accept any paid employment without previously obtaining the express sanction required by the local regulations of the territory in which he is employed. If local regulations are silent on the point, the approval of the Secretary of State must be obtained if the leave is spent outside the territory, and the approval of the Governor if the leave is spent inside the territory.
47. An officer shall not undertake any private agency in any matter connected with the exercise of his public duties.
48. An officer shall not, without the express permission of the Secretary of State or of the Governor :
(a) act as the editor of any newspaper or take part directly or indirectly in the management thereof, or contribute anonymously thereto;
nor
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