Governor's
abaence, -

Absence of
Adminis-
trators and
-Commis-
gioners, -

‘\Interpreta-
tion.

the Colony each year. :

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56. Except in circumstances in which he is not regarded .

"aa absent from the Colony for the purposes of Article 7 of the
‘Letters Patent, the Governor shall not quit the Colony without
having first obtained leave from Us for so doing through a
Secretary of State. _

5'7.—(1) An Administrator or Commissioner of any
Presidency shall not absent himgelf from such Presidency
without having first obtained leave from the Governor. .

_ (2) Every Administrator and Commissioner > of a
Presidency shall, unless the Governor has consented. to his

‘absence, attend all meetings of the General Legislative Council

and at least two ordinary meetings of the Executive Council of

- §8.—(1) In these Instructions,. unless the context other-
wise requires— -

“a Secretary of State’? means one of Our Principal
Secretaries of State; -

‘“¢ Administrator’. means the Administrator of the Presi-
dency of Antigua or the Administrator of the Presi-
dency of Saint Christopher Nevis and Anguilla, as the
case may require;

‘*Commissioner”’ means the ‘Commissioner of the Presi-
dency of Montserrat or the Commissioner of the.
‘Presidency of the Virgin Islands as the case may —
require; _

‘Dependency ’’ means any island administered with the
Presidency of Antigua, or with the. Presidency of
Saint Christopher Nevis and Anguilla; mo,

“General Legislative Council” means the General Legis-
lative Council of the Colony established under the
Leeward Islands Acts 1871 to 1950 as amended;

“meeting” means any sitting or sittings of the General
Legislative Council or of any Presidential Legislative
Council commencing when the Council first meets
after being summoned at any time and terminating
~when the Council is adjourned sine die. or at the
conclusion of a session; ,

Presidency’? means one of the four Presidencies of
Antigua, Saint Christopher Nevis and Anguilla,
Montserrat, and the Virgin Islands, with its Depen-
dencies (if any);