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 regarded as absent from Rhodesia or as unable to perform the functions of the office of Officer Administering the Government at any time when there is a subsisting appointment of a deputy under section 8.

Whenever the Officer Administering the Government—

has occasion to be absent from the seat of Government but not from Rhodesia; or

has occasion to be absent from Rhodesia for a period which he has reason to believe will not exceed one month; or

is suffering from an illness that he has reason to believe will be of short duration:

he may, by instrument under the public seal, appoint any person in Rhodesia to be his deputy during such absence or illness, and in that capacity to perform on his behalf such of the functions of the office of Officer Administering the Government as may be specified in that instrument.

The power and authority of the Officer Administering the Government shall not be abridged, altered or in any way affected by the appointment of a deputy under this section, and a deputy shall conform to and observe all instructions that the Officer Administering the Government may from time to time address to him:

Provided that the question whether or not a deputy has in any matter conformed to or observed any such instructions shall not be inquired into in any court.

A person appointed as a deputy under this section shall hold the appointment for such period as may be specified in the instrument by which he is appointed, save that his appointment may be revoked at any time by the Officer Administering the Government.

Before entering on any of the duties of his office, the Officer Administering the Government, the first Acting Officer Administering the Government and every other Acting Officer Administering the Government shall take the oaths of loyalty and for the due execution of his office in the forms set out in the First Schedule, which oaths shall be administered by the Chief Justice or other Judge or by a Magistrate, Justice of the Peace or Commissioner of Oaths. 9