COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 1571 
under The Commonwealth of Australia Conststution Act, 1900, or 
otherwise in respect of the summoning, proroguing, or dissolving 
the Parliament of Our said Commonwealth.! 
VI. And whereas by The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution 
Act, 1900.2 it is amongst other things enacted, that We may authorize 
the Governor-General to appoint any person or persons, jointly or 
severally, to be his Deputy or Deputies within any part of Our 
Commonwealth, and in that capacity to exercise, during the pleasure 
of the Governor-General, such powers and functions of the said 
Governor-General as he thinks fit to assign to such Deputy or 
Deputies, subject to any limitations expressed or directions given by 
Us: Now We do hereby authorize and empower Our said Governor- 
General, subject to such limitations and directions as aforesaid, to 
appoint any person or persons, jointly or severally, to be his Deputy 
or Deputies within any part of Our said Commonwealth of Australia, 
and in that capacity to exercise, during his pleasure, such of his 
powers and functions, as he may deem 1t necessary or expedient to 
assign to him or them : Provided always, that the appointment of 
such a Deputy or Deputies shall not affect the exercise by the 
Governor-General himself of any power or function. 
VII. And We do hereby declare Our pleasure to be that, in the 
event of the death, incapacity, removal, or absence of Our said 
Governor-General out of Our said Commonwealth, all and every the 
powers and authorities herein granted to him shall, until Our further 
pleasure is signified therein, be vested in such person as may be 
appointed by Us under Our Sign Manual and Signet to be Our 
Lieutenant-Governor of Our said Commonwealth; or if there shall 
be no such Lieutenant-Governor in Our said Commonwealth, then 
in such person or persons as may be appointed by Us under Our Sign 
Manual and Signet to administer the Government of the same. 
Provided always that the absence of the Governor-General from Our 
said Commonwealth for the purpose of visiting Our territory of Papua 
shall not be deemed absence out of Our said Commonwealth within the 
meaning of this clause of these Our Letters Patent3 No such powers 
or authorities shall vest in such Lieutenant-Governor, or such other 
person or persons, until he or they shall have taken the oaths 
appointed to be taken by the Governor-General of Our said 
Commonwealth, and in the manner provided by the Tnstructions 
accompanying these Our Letters Patent. 
VIII. And We do hereby require and command all Our Officers 
and Ministers, Civil and Military, and all other the inhabitants of 
Our said Commonwealth, to be obedient, aiding, and assisting unto 
Our said Governor-General. or, in the event of his death, incapacity, 
! This power is given by s. 5. ¢ Const. s. 126. 
+ The words in italics were added by letters patent of March 29, 1911, which 
were passed to allow of the Governor-General visiting Papua, which is not part 
of the Commonwealth, without requiring that the holder of the Dormant Com- 
mission should be sworn in.