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(a) an ex-officio Member is administering the Gov-
ernment of the Colony; or

(6) one person is lawfully discharging the functions.
of more than one of the offices the holders of which are
specified in clause 10 of these Instructions; or

(c) no person is lawfully discharging the functions
of one of those offices; or

(d). the Official Member is lawfully discharging the

functions of one of those offices; or

« (e) the Official Member or the Nominated Member is
suspended from the exercise of his functions as a Member
under paragraph (1) of clause 15 of these Instructions; or

(7) a Member is declared by the Governor under
paragraph (2) of clause 15 of these Instructions to be, by
reason of illness, temporarily incapable of discharging his
functions asa Member; or

(g) the seat of the Official Member or the Nominated
Member is vacant for any cause; or

(A) a Member is absent from the Colony;

the provisions of paragraph (2) of this clause shall have effect.

(2) (a) If the vacancy is in the number of persons sitting
in the Executive Council as ea-officie Members, the Governor
may appoint a person who is a public officer to be a Temporary
Member of the Executive Council for the period of such
vacancy.

(6) If the vacancy is in respect of the person sitting in the
Executive Council as the Official Member the Governor may
appoint # person who is « public officer to be a Temporary
Member of the Executive Council for the period of such ,va-
cancy. Any such person may be appointed either by name or
by reference to his office.

\ (c) If the vacancy is in respect of the person sitting in the
ExecutiveCouncil as the Nominated Member, the Governor
may appoint a person to be a Temporary Member of the
Executive Council for the period of such vacancy.

(d) If the vacancy is in the number of persons sitting in
the Executive Council as Elected Members, then, if the Gov-
ernor shall inform the General Legislative Council by message

that it ig desirable that a person should be elected to be a Tem-