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THE LONDON GAZETTE, 29 JUNE, 1923.4509 of the Legislative Council of the Colony of Nigeria shall remain in force and apply, so far as the same are applicable thereto, to the Council established by this Order.

XXXVI. It shall be competent to any Member of the Council to propose any question relating to the affairs of Nigeria for debate therein, and if seconded by any other Member, such question shall be debated and disposed of in accordance with the Standing Rules and Orders: Provided always that every Ordinance, vote, resolution, or question, the object or effect of which may be to dispose of or charge any part of the public revenue, shall be proposed by the Governor, unless the proposal of the same shall have been directed or expressly sanctioned by him. Provided further that any resolution or question which any Member may propose to bring forward for debate shall be notified to the Governor at least ten days before the meeting of the Council.

XXXVII. Minutes shall be regularly kept of all the proceedings of the Council, and at each meeting of the Council the Minutes of the last preceding meeting shall be confirmed or amended, as the case may require, before proceeding to the despatch of any other business. The Governor shall transmit to His Majesty through a Secretary of State, as soon as possible after every meeting, a full and exact copy of the Minutes thereof.

XXXVIII. This Order shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the Governor by Proclamation in the Nigeria Gazette, and shall be published in the said Gazette; and the Governor shall give directions for the publication of this Order at such places and in such manner and for such time or times as he thinks proper for giving due publicity thereto within Nigeria.

XXXIX. From the date of the coming into operation of this Order the above recited Orders in Council, dated the Twenty-second day of November, 1913, and the Tenth day of August, 1914, shall be revoked, without prejudice to anything lawfully done thereunder, and thereupon the Nigerian Council shall cease to exist.

XL. His Majesty may from time to time revoke, alter, add to, or amend this Order.

And the Most Noble the Duke of Devonshire, K.G., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., one of His Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

Almeric FitzRoy.

[This Order came into force on the 1st June, 1923, by Proclamation of the Governor in the Nigeria Gazette of the 26th April, 1923.]