VIRGIN
ISLANDS,

1/1899,

Royal Instruc-

tions.

Agsent to
Bills.

20 = Piryin Islands Constitution No. 7 of 1954,
and Elections,

provisions of this Ordinance relating to assent to
Bills and disallowance of laws shall have effect,

"accor dingly.

(2) The Governor shall forthwith report
toa Secretary of State every case in which he
shall make any such declaration and the reasons
therefor,

(3) If any member, of the Council objects
to any declaration made*under subsectiun (1) of
this section, he may, within seven days of the
making thereof, submit to the Governor a state-
ment in writing of his reasons for so objecting,
and a copy of such statement shall, if furnished
by such member, be forwarded by the Governor
as soon as practicable to a Secretary of State.

(4) Any such declaration relating to a
motion may be revoked by a Secretary of State,
and the Governor shall ‘cause notice of such
revocation to be published in the Gazette; and
from the date of such publication any motion
which shall have had effect by virtue of the
declaration revoked, shall cease to have effect;
and the provisions of subsection (4) of section 6

_of the Interpretation of Laws Ordinance, 189%,

shall apply to such revocation as they apply to
the repeal of an Ordinance,

82. Subject to the provisions of this
Ordinance the Governor and the Council shall,
in the transaction of business and making of
laws, conform as nearly as may be to the diree-
tions in that behalf from time to time conveyed
to the Governor in any instructions under Her
Majesty’s Sign Manual and Signet.

83. (1) No Bill shall become a law until
either the Governor shall have assented thereto in
Her Majesty’s name and on Her Majesty’s behalf
and the Bill shall have been signed by the Gov ernor
or by the Commissioner in token of the Governor's
assent, or Her Majesty shall have given her assent
thereto through a eee of State.