1967 Ed.]
Royal Instructions.
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(a) such Member of the Council as the Governor may appoint;
or
(b) in the absence of a Member so appointed, the senior ex
officio Member present; or
(c) in the absence of a Member so appointed or of an ex
officio Member, the senior Official Member present.
(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of para- graph (2) of this clause-
(a) the Commander British Forces shall not be regarded as an
ex officio Member of the Council;
(b) the remaining ex officio Members of the Council shall have seniority in the order in which their offices are mentioned in clause II of these Instructions; and
(c) the Official Members of the Council shall have seniority according to the priority of their respective appointments to the Council:
Provided that Members appointed by the same Instrument shall have seniority among themselves accord- ing to the order in which they are named therein.
IX. (1) No business except that of adjournment shall be transacted in the Executive Council if objection is taken by any Member present that there are less than four Members present besides the Governor or the Member presiding.
(2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this clause, the Executive Council shall not be disqualified for the transaction of business by reason of any vacancy in the membership of the Council, and any proceedings in the Council shall be valid notwith- standing that some person who was not entitled to do so took part in those proceedings.
(3) The Governor or the Men.oer presiding, when in his opinion the business before the Executive Council makes it desirable, may summon any person to a meeting if the Council, notwithstand- ing that that person is not a Member of the Council.
Proceedings in Executive Council, (Amended on 17.11.67.)
Governor to consult Exccutive
X. In the exccution of the powers and authorities granted to the Governor by Our said recited Letters Patent, he shall in all cases consult with the Executive Council, excepting only in Council. cases which may be of such a nature that, in his judgment, Our” service would sustain material prejudice by consulting the Council thereupon, or when the matters to be decided shall be too unimpor. tant to require their advice, or too urgent to admit of their advice being given by the time within which it may be necessary for him to act in respect of any such matters. In all such urgent cases he
in cases relating to the appointment, disciplinary control or removal from
a public offer
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