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"Appointment

of Deputies

by these Letters Patent or

otherwise conferred or imposed upon

him by Us, or through one of Our

Principal Secretaries of State,

shall not be regarded as absent

from the Colony for the purposes

of this Article.

Any such person as aforesaid

shall not continue to administer

the Government after the Governor

or some other person having a

prior right to administer the same

has notified that he is about to

assume the administration".

"XVII.A. In the event of the

to Governor". Governor having occasion at any time to

be temporarily absent for a short

period from the seat of Government, or,

in the exercise or discharge of any

powers or duties by these Letters

Patent or otherwise conferred or

imposed upon him by Us, or through

one of Our Principal Secretaries of

State, to visit any neighbouring

territories, he may by an Instrument

under the Public Seal of the Colony

appoint any person or persons to be

his Deputy or Deputies within the

Colony or any part or parts thereof

during his absence from the seat of

from

Government or the Colony, as the

case may be, and in that capacity

to exercise, perform and execute

for and on behalf of the Governor