1070 ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION [PART Vv 
the Prime Minister or other Minister of State as his deputy, 
or failing him the Vice-Chairman, shall preside and shall 
have a casting vote in case of equality. The Commission 
shall advise the Prime Minister upon all matters relating to 
the administration of or the legislation for the territories. 
Any member who dissents from a decision of the majority 
may have the reasons for his dissent recorded in the minutes, 
The members shall have access to all official papers regarding 
the territories and may deliberate on any matter relating 
thereto, and advise the Prime Minister thereon. Before 
coming to a decision on any matter relating to the ad- 
ministration other than routine or of legislation for the 
territories, the Prime Minister must deposit the papers 
with the Secretary of the Commission, and a meeting 
of the Commission must be convened to discuss the 
matter. If the dispatch of some communication appears 
to be urgent, the Prime Minister may sanction it without 
submitting it to a meeting of the Commission, but he 
must record his reasons and give notice thereof to every 
member. If in any case the Prime Minister does not accept 
their recommendations or proposes to act contrary to their 
advice, he must state his views to the Commission, who 
will be at liberty to place on record the reasons for their 
recommendation or advice. The record shall then be laid 
by the Prime Minister before the Governor-General in 
Council, whose decision shall be finall The Commission, 
however, are entitled to demand that the record of their 
dissent from the decision or action taken, and the reasons 
therefor, shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament, 
unless in any case the Governor-General in Council expresses 
in a formal minute the opinion that the publication of such 
record and reasons would be gravely detrimental to the 
public interests. 
* This appeal is from Caesar to Caesar, and merely allows the possibility 
of intervention by the Governor-General on Imperial grounds, an interven- 
tion hardly ever likely to be actually interposed, as ex hypothesi, when the 
control of the Protectorates is surrendered it will be surrendered for good, 
in reliance on the discretion of the Union Government.