III.  Afrika.  916  151.  Or.-Riv.-Col.

XLIII.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  Us,  Our  heirs  and  successors,  to  disallow  any  Law
within  two  years  from  the  date  of  the  Governors’  assent  thereto,  and  such  disallowance,
  on  being  made  known  by  the  Governor  by  speach  or  message  to  the  Legislative
  Council  and  the  Legislative  Assembly,  or  by  Proclamation,  shall  annul  the
Law  from  the  day  when  the  disallowance  is  so  made  known.

XLIV.  A  proposed  Law  reserved  for  Our  pleasure  shall  not  have  any  force
unless  and  until,  within  two  years  from  the  day  on  which  it  was  presented  to  the
Governor  for  Our  assent,  the  Governor  makes  known,  by  speech  or  message  to  the
Legislative  Council  and  tlıe  Legislative  Assembly,  or  by  Proclamation,  that  it  has
received  Our  assent.

XLV.  Whenever  any  Law  has  been  reserved  for  the  signification  of  Our
pleasure  thereon,  and  the  Governor  shall  signify,  either  by  message  to  the  Legislature
  or  by  Proclamation  in  the  “Gazette”,  that  such  Law  has  been  laid  before  Us
in  Our  Privy  Council,  and  tlıat  We  have  been  pleased  to  assent  to  the  same,  an  entry
shall  be  made  in  the  journals  of  the  Legislative  Council  and  Legislative  Assembly
of  every  such  message  or  Proclamation,  and  a  duplicate  thereof  duly  attested  shall
be  delivered  to  the  proper  officer,  to  be  kept  amongst  the  records  of  the  Colony.

XLVI.  The  Governor  shall  cause  every  Law  which  shall  have  been  assented
to  in  Our  name  to  be  printed  in  the  “Gazette,”  in  both  the  English  and  Dutch
languages,  for  general  information.

XLVII.  As  soon  as  may  be  after  any  Law  shall  have  been  assented  to  in  Our
name  by  the  Governor,  or,  having  been  reserved  for  the  signification  of  Our  pleasure,
Our  assent  thereto  shall,  id  manner  aforesaid,  have  been  signified  by  the  Governor,
the  Clerk  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  shall  cause  a  fair  copy  of  such  Law,  in  the
English  language,  signed  by  the  Governor,  to  be  enrolled  on  record  in  the  Office
of  the  Registrar  of  the  High  Court,  and  such  copy  shall  be  conclusive  evidence  as
to  the  provisions  of  every  such  Law:  provided,  however,  that  the  validity  of  any
such  law  shall  not  depend  upon  the  enrolment  thereof.

XLVIII.  Whenever  any  Law  assented  to  by  the  Governor  in  Our  name  in
manner  aforesaid  has  been  disallowed  by  Us,  the  Governor  shall  cause  a  certificate
of  such  disallowance,  certified  under  the  Public  Seal  of  the  Colony,  to  be  enrolled
in  the  Office  of  the  Registrar  of  the  High  Court.

The  Ministry.

XLIX.  (1.)—Within  four  months  after  the  commencement  of  these  Our  Letters
Patent  the  Governor  may  designate  such  offices  as  he  thinks  fit,  not  being  more
than  five  in  number,  to  be  offices  of  Ministers.

(2.)  Appointments  to  such  offices  shall  be  made  by  the  Governor  in  Our  name,
and  such  offices  shall  be  held  during  Our  pleasure.

(3.)  The  holders  of  such  offices  shall  be  styled  Ministers,  and  a  Minister  shall
not  vacate  his  seat  in  the  Legislative  Council  or  Legislative  Assembly  by  reason  of
his  appointment  to  or  retention  of  any  such  office.