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Falkland Islands, Gambia,
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Hong Kong,
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St. Lucia,
St. Vincent,
Seychelles,
Sierra Leone,
Southern Nigeria,
Straits Settlements,
Trinidad.
In all the above Councils, except British Honduras, the constitution provides for an official majority.
The Legislative Councils of Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Southern Nigeria- have power to legislate for the following Protectorates respectively :-
Gambia Protectorate,
Sierra Leone Protectorate, Southern Nigeria Protectorate.
(v) Colonies and Protectorates without a Legislative Council :-
Ashanti,
Basutoland,
Bechuanaland Protectorate,
Gibraltar,
Northern Nigeria,
Northern Territories of the Gold Coast,
St. Helena,
Somaliland,
Uganda,
Weihaiwei,
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Islands included under the Western Pacific High Commission.
In all Crown Colonies and Protectorates, except Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Honduras, and the Leeward Islands, the Crown has the power of legislating by Order in Council.
The territories in South Africa which are under the control of the British South Africa Company are not included in the above classification.
§ 2. The Governor.
2. In the case of Colonies, the officer appointed by the Crown to administer the Government is styled either :-
Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief, or Captain General and Governor-in-Chief.
In the case of Protectorates the officer appointed by the Crown to administer the
Government is styled either :--
Governor and Commander-in-Chief,
High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief, High Commissioner,
Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief, or Commissioner,
In these regulations the term "the Governor" includes all officers appointed
to administer Governments, however styled.
3. The officer so appointed receives a Commission under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, and, if through death or absence or otherwise he should become incapable of acting, the government devolves on such officer or person as inay have been designated for that purpose in the Letters Patent constituting the office.
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