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to propose a question to submit any question to the Council when requested in writing by any Member so to do, it shall be competent to such Member to require that there be recorded upon the Minutes his written application, together with the answer returned by the Governor to the same.
application for so doing.
XII. The Governor may, in the exercise of the powers and authorities granted to him by Our said Letters Patent, act in opposition to the advice given to him by the Members of the Executive Council, if he shall in any case deem it right to do so; but in any such case he shall fully report the matter to Us by the first convenient opportunity, with the grounds and reasons of his action. In every such case it shall be competent to any Member of the said Council to require that there be recorded at length on the Minutes the grounds of any advice or opinion adverse he may give upon the question.
[Additional Instructions, 7th July, 1896.]
Members may record on the Minutes their opinions.
XIII. The Legislative Council of the Colony shall consist of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor (if any), the Senior Military Officer, for the time being in command of Our Regular Troops within the Colony, the persons for the time being lawfully discharging the functions of Colonial Secretary, Attorney General, and Treasurer of the Colony, and such other persons holding Official offices in the Colony, and not exceeding three in number at any one time, [as at the time of the receipt of these Our additional Instructions in the Colony are Official Members of the said Council, or] as We may from time to time appoint by any Instructions or Warrants under Our Sign Manual and Signet, and all such persons shall be styled Official Members of the Legislative Council; and further of such persons, not exceeding six in number at any one time, [as at the time of the receipt of these Our Additional Instructions in the Colony are Unofficial Members of the said Council, or] as the Governor, in pursuance of any Instructions from Us, through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, may from time to time appoint by any Instrument under the public seal of the Colony, and all such persons shall be styled Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council.
Every [person who at the time of the receipt of these Our Additional Instructions in the Colony is an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council may retain his seat until the end of six years from the date of his appointment, and every] Unofficial Member appointed after the receipt of these Additional Instructions shall vacate his seat at the end of six years from the date of the Instrument by which he is appointed.