CHAPTER V. OFFICE OF GOVERNOR
102. The officer appointed by the Crown to administer the Gove nment is styled either:
Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Governor,
High Commissioner, or Commissioner.
In these Regulations the term "Governor" is used for convenience to include all officers appointed to administer Governments, however styled, and, so far as may be applicable, the Resident Commissioner, New Hebrides.
103. The officer so appointed receives a Commission under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, and his powers are conferred and his duties are defined by Her Majesty's Commission and the Instructions with which he is furnished and in the Constitution of the Territory.
104. During a vacancy in the office of Governor, or, if through absence or otherwise the Governor should become incapable of acting, the administration of government devolves on such officer or person as may have been designated for that purpose by Commission or in the Letters Patent or Order in Council constituting the office.
105. The Governor is the single and supreme authority responsible to, and representative of, Her Majesty. He is, by virtue of his Commission and the Letters Patent or Order in Council constituting his office, entitled to the obedience, aid, and assistance of all military, air force, and civil officers; but although bearing the title of Commander-in-Chief, and although he may be a military or air force officer senior in rank to the officer commanding the troops or air force, he is not, except on special appointment from Her Majesty, invested with the command of Her Majesty's Regular Forces in the Territory. He is therefore not entitled to receive the allowances annexed to that com- mand nor to take the immediate direction of any military or air operations, nor except in cases of urgent necessity, to communicate officially with sub- ordinate military or air force officers without the concurrence of the officer in command of the forces, to whom any such exceptional communication must be immediately notified.
106. The Governor, as the Queen's representative, is entitled to give the "word" (parole) in all places within his Government.
107. The officer commanding the troops or air force shall render to the Governor such returns as he may require relating to the strength and con- dition of the forces, or to the military or air defences of the Territory.
108. On receipt of a notification that the Army and Air Force (Annual) Act has received the Royal Assent the officer commanding the troops or air force shall communicate to the Governor the "General Orders" in which it may be promulgated.
109. Where several territories are comprised in one military or air force com- mand, the officer in command of the whole may transfer forces from one
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