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PART IV and PART V

substituted for references to meetings of the Council

or of committees or sub-committees and references to the

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clerk of the joint committee for references to the clerk of

the Council.

PART V

Clerk of the Council

appointment, salary and

temure of office.

Secs. 98 - 100

5.100 of Act. Ensures secrarty of muuse and prevents patronage

Officers

54. (1) The Council shall appoint a fit person to be

clerk of the Council and shall pay to him such reasonable

salary as may be determined by the Council, subject to the

approval of the Governor.

(2) The salary paid to the clerk of the Council shall

be deemed to be remuneration for all business which he may,

by reason of his office as such clerk, be called on to

perform, and all fees and costs payable to such clerk, except

such fees and costs as are expressly excluded when his salary

is determined, shall, in accordance with such directions as

may be given by the Council be accounted for and paid into

such account as the Council may direct.

(3) The clerk of the Council shall, subject to the

provisions of this section, hold office during the pleasure

of the Council, so, however, that he shall not be dismissed

from his office without the consent of the Governor.

(4) The office of the clerk of the Council shall be

vacated

(a) upon the holder of the office becoming incapable,

by reason of permanent ill-health or infirmity of

mind or body, of discharging with efficiency the

duties of that office; or

(b) upon the holder of the office attaining the age of

fifty-five years,

whichever event first occurs:

Provided that the office shall not, by reason of the

foregoing provisions of this section, be vacated upon the

(32)