No. 7 of 1954. Pirgin ‘Tslands Constitution "7
-and Hlections.

6. (1) Subject to the provisions of section
11 the nominated members of the Council shall be
British subjects of the age of twenty-one years or
upwards and shall be appointed by the Governor
by Instrument under the Public Seal of the
Presidency.

(2) The Governor shall forthwith report to
Her Majesty through a Secretary of State every
appointment of any person to be a nominated
member of the Council.

7. The elected members of the Council shall
be persons qualified for election in accordance with
the provisions of, and elected in the manner pro-
vided by, this Ordinance.

8. After the Cominissioner the members of
the Council shall take precedence as Her Majesty
may specially assign aud in default thereof as
follows:—

First, the official members according to
the priority of the Instruments appointing
them to be members or, if appointed by the
same Instrument, according to the order in
which they are named therein;

secondly, persons temporarily appointed
under Section 16 to fill vacancies in the
number of persons sitting in the Council as
official members in such order as the Governor
may assign ;

thirdly, the nominated and elected mem-
bers according to the respective dates of the
Instraments appointing them or upon which
they were declared elected, as the case may be.

If as regards two or more members other
than official members such dates coincide, the
members shall take precedence

(a) in the case of two nominated
members appointed by the same Instru-
ment, in the order in which they are
named therein;

VIRGIN
IsLANDs.

Nominated
Members.

Elected
Members.

Precedenee
of Members,