Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 1)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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Identifikator:: 1896934455

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-236504

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 1

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: LI, 568 Seiten

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part II. The executive Government

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CHAP. 1] THE GOVERNOR 95 of the Legislative Council holds the post of Lieutenant- Governor : in Western Australia it is held by an ex-Chief Justice, while in the other four it is held by the Chief Justice, who in each case has been made Lieutenant-Governor, a post which carries with it merely an honorary position and style as long as the Governor is administering. In the case of the Commonwealth the plan has now been adopted of conferring a dormant commission on the two senior State Governors for the time being, with a preference for the Governor of New South Wales or Victoria on the ground of contiguity. The Governor-General and the Governors alike are authorized, the former by letters patent under statute, the latter by letters patent, to appoint deputies whose appoint- ment is limited by the instruments appointing them, and whose existence does not hamper in any way the action of the Governor-General or Governor. In the case of brief absence from the Dominion of New Zealand, Newfoundland, or the States the Governors of the Dominion or Newfoundland or the States are not deemed to be absent so as to require the coming into force of the appointment of the Lieutenant- Governor or other person as administrator, if they have appointed deputies,? and the same rule used to apply to the Colonies in South Africa which had responsible govern- ment. Moreover, even in the case of such temporary absence the Governor is to be deemed to possess full power to perform all his functions, a curious position, and one which seems open to serious objection, as a Governor would seem prima facie to have power only within the limits of the territory of his Colony, and the assent to a Bill if given outside these limits might be deemed illegal. The power of appointing deputies where not given by 1 30 Vict. c. 3, s. 14 (Canada); Constitution, s. 126 (Australia); 9 Edw. VII, c. 9, s. 11 (Union). In each case the mode of exercising the power is regulated by the letters patent. In all the provinces the Lieutenant-Governor is authorized to appoint deputies for specific Purposes ; apparently a legal power. See Provincial Legislation, 1867-95, Pp. 196. * See, e.g., New Zealand Instructions, November 19, 1907, clauses ix and x.

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