Exercise of powers in special cases.
Power to
make public instruments
and perform
acts.
Power to relate back appointment
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(d) the delegation may be to a named person or to the person for the time being bolding any office designated by the person so delegating.
(2) The delegation of any power shall be deemed to include the delegation of any duty incidental thereto or connected therewith and the delegation of any duty shall be deemed to include the delegation of any power incidental thereto or connected therewith.
45. Where any Ordinance confers any power or imposes any duty upon the holder of any public office and either-
(a) that office has been abolished; or
(b) no person has been appointed to discharge the functions of
that office.
those powers and duties may be exercised or performed-
(i) in the case of making subsidiary legislation, by the Governor,
and
(ii) in any other case, by the holder of such other public office
as the Governor may by order direct.
46. Where any Ordinance confers power upon any person to make, issue or approve any proclamation, order, notice, declaration, instru- ment, notification, licence, permit, register or list, such power shall include power-
(4) to amend or suspend such proclamation, order, notice, declara- tion, instrument, notification, licence, permit, register or list: (b) to substitute another proclamation, order, notice, declaration. instrument, notification, licence, permit, register or list for one already made, issued or approved;
(c) to withdraw approval of any proclamation, order, notice, declaration, instrument, notification, licence, permit, register or list so approved; and
(d) to declare the date of the coming into operation, and the period of operation, of any such proclamation, order, notice, declaration, instrument, notification, licence, permit, register or list.
47. Auy appointment made under the provisions of any Ordinance may be declared to have effect as from the date upon which the person appointed in fact began to exercise the powers and perform the duties of his appointment, not being a date earlier than the commencement of the Ordinance under which the appointment is made.
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PART VII.
BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.
48. Where any Ordinance confers power upon any person to Power to appoint any persons to be members of any board, tribunal, commission, appolat
chairman. committee or similar body, the person so appointing may appoint a chairman, a deputy chairman, a vice-chairman and a secretary of such board, tribunal, commission, committee or similar body.
49. Where any Ordinance confers power upon any person to Power to appoint any persons to be members of any board, tribunal, commission. Appoint committee or similar body, the person so empowered may appoint any officer to
public public officer, by his official designation, to be a member of such board, board, ele. tribunal, commission, committee or similar body, and, on such appoint- ment and until such appointment shall be revoked or otherwise deter- mined, the person for the time being hokding the public office in ques- tion shall be a member of such board, tribunal, commission, committee or similar body.
50. Where any board, tribunal, commission, committee or similar Appointment body is established by or under any Ordinance, any person who is of alternates, empowered by such Ordinance to appoint any or all of the members thereof may-
(a) appoint one or more duly qualified persons to be alternate members of the same, and any one such alternate member may attend any meeting of the same when a substantive member is temporarily unable to attend for any reason; and
(b) appoint a duly qualified person to be a temporary member of the same in the place of any substantive member who is pre- cluded by illness, absence from the Colony or any other cause from exercising his functions as such,
and when attending any meeting of such board, tribunal, commission, committee or similar body, such alternate or temporary member shall be deemed for all purposes to be a member of the same.
not affected
51. Where any board, tribunal, commission, committee or similar Powers of body is established by or under any Ordinance, the powers of such board, sic, board, tribunal, commission, committee or similar body shall not be by vacancy. affected by-
(a) any vacancy in the membership thereof;
(b) any defect in the appointment or qualification of a person
purporting to be a member thereof; or
(c) any minor irregularity in the convening of any meeting thereof.
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