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(2) In the exercise of his powers and the performance of
. his duties the Administrator or Commissioner of each Presi-
* dency shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this

+Clause, consult with the Executive Council of such Presidency. .

(3) The Governor shall not be obliged to consult with the
~. Executive Council of the Colony, orany Presidential Executive
. Council, and the Administrator or Commissioner shall not be
“obliged to consult with the Executive Council of his Presidency
in any case—
- (a) which is of such a nature that, in his judgment,
Our service would sustain material harm by such consul-
tation; or
(6) in which the matters to be decided are, in his
judgment, too unimportant to warrant such consultation; or
(c) in which the matters to be decided are, in his
judgment, too urgent to admit of such consultation by the
time within which it may be necessary for him to act.
‘In every case falling within subparagraph (c) of this paragraph’
the Governor, or the Administrator or Commissioner, as the
case may be, shall as soon as practicable, communicate to the
- Executive Council of the Colony or the Presidential Executive
' Council concerned, the measures which he shall have taken with
4he reasons therefor.

45. The Governor, in the case of the Executive Council’

of the Colony and the Governor, the Administrator, or Com-
missioner, in the case of a Presidential Executive Council, shall
alone be entitled to submit questions to the said Executive
Councils for their advice or decision; but if the Governor,
- Administrator, or Commissioner, decline to submit any question
to an. Executive Council when requested in writing by any
Member thereof so to do, it shall be competent to such Member
to require that there be recorded upon the minutes his written
application, together with the answer returned by the Governor,

Governor,
Adminis-
trators and
and Com-
missioners *
to propose —
questions,

Administrator, or Commissioner, to the same. N

46.—(1) The Governor, or Administrator, or Commis- ’

sioner, may act in opposition to the advice given to him by the
-Members of the Executive Council or Presidential Executive
Council, as the case may be, if he shall in any case deem it right
so to do; but in any such case the Governor shall at the first
_ convenient opportunity report the matter to Us, through a

Secretary of State, with the reasons for such action, and when.

. an Administrator or Commissioner so acts, he shall report the
” matter to the Governor at the first convenient opportunity, with
« he reasons for such action, -

Governor
Adminis.
trator or
Commis-
sioner
may act it
opposition
to Execu-
tive Coun- -
cils,