IV.
The Governor shall, without delay, report to Us, for Our confirmation or disallowance, through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, every provisional appointment of any person as a Member of the said Executive Council. Every such person shall hold his place in the Council during our pleasure, and the Governor may by an Instrument under the Public Seal revoke any such appointment.
V.
(Repealed 1 March #HISTYR 1955)
VI.
The Governor shall forthwith communicate these Our Instructions to the Executive Council, and likewise all such others, from time to time, as We may direct, or as he shall find convenient for Our service to impart to them.
Such provisional appointments to be immediately reported
Governor to communicate Instructions to Executive Council
VII.
The Executive Council shall not be summoned except by the authority of the Governor.
(Amended on 17 November #HISTYR 1967)
VIII.
(1) The Governor shall, so far as is practicable, preside at meetings of the Executive Council.
(2) In the absence of the Governor there shall preside at any meeting of the Council-
(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 paragraph (2) of this clause-
(a) the 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
(b) 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 according to the order in which they are named therein.
Summoning of Executive Council
Presiding in Executive Council
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