Chapter II
OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT
Appointment of Officer Administering the Government and first Acting Officer Administering the Government.
3.(1)There shall be an Officer Administering the Government in and over Rhodesia who shall be Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of Rhodesia.
(2)The Officer Administering the Government shall be either—
(a)a Governor-General who may be appointed by Her Majesty the Queen on the advice only of the Ministers of the Government of Rhodesia; or
(b)if Her Majesty does not appoint a Governor-General under paragraph (a) of this subsection within fourteen days of the advice of the Ministers of the Government of Rhodesia being tendered to Her Majesty by the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, a Regent appointed by the members of the Executive Council presided over by the Prime Minister or in such other manner as may be prescribed by a law of the Legislature.
(3)Pending the appointment of the first Officer Administering the Government under subsection (2) of this section, the members of the Executive Council, presided over by the Prime Minister, may appoint an Acting Officer Administering the Government.
Powers of Officer Administering the Government.
4.The Officer Administering the Government shall have such powers and duties as are conferred or imposed on him by or under this Constitution or any other law, and such other powers (not being powers to be exercised in his personal discretion) as Her Majesty may from time to time be pleased, on the advice of the Ministers of the Government of Rhodesia, to assign to him. Subject to the provisions this Constitution and of any law by which any such powers or duties are conferred or imposed, the Officer Administering the Government shall do and execute all things that belong to his office according to such instructions, if any, as Her Majesty may from time to time, on the advice of the Ministers of the Government of Rhodesia, see fit to give him:
Provided that the question whether or not the Officer Administering the Government has in any matter conformed to or observed any such instructions shall not be inquired into in any court.
Exercise of powers on advice of Rhodesian Ministers.
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