III.  Afrika.  954  151.  Or.-Riv.-Col.

IX.  The  Governor  may,  so  far  aa  We  Ourselves  lawfully  may,  upon  sufficient  cause  to  him
appearing,  remove  from  his  office,  or  suspend  from  tho  exercise  of  the  same,  any  person  holding
any  office  or  place  within  the  Colony  under  or  by  virtue  of  any  Commission  or  Warrant  or  other
Instrument  granted,  or  which  may  be  granted,  by  Us  or  in  Our  name  or  under  Our  authority,  or
by  any  other  mode  of  appointment.

X.  When  any  crime  or  offence  has  been  cominitted  within  the  Colony,  or  for  which  the
offender  may  be  tried  therein,  the  Governor  may,  as  he  shall  see  occasion,  in  Our  name  and  on  Our
behalf,  grant  a  pardon  to  any  accomplice  in  such  crime  or  offencoe  who  shall  give  such  information
as  shall  lead  to  the  conviction  of  the  principal  offender,  or  of  any  one  of  such  offenderes,  if,  more
than  one;  and  further,  may  grant  to  any  offender  convicted  of  any  such  crime  or  offence  in  any
Court,  or  before  any  Judge  or  Magistrate,  within  the  Colony,  a  pardon,  either,  free  or  subject  to
lawful  conditions,  or  any  remission  of  the  sentence  passed  on  such  offender,  or  any  respite  of  the
execution  of  such  sentence,  for  such  period  as  he  may  think  fit,  and  may  remit  any  fines,  penalties,
or  forfeitures  due  or  accrued  to  Us:  Provided  always,  that  if  the  offender  be  a  natural-born  British
subject,  or  a  British  subject  by  naturalization  in  any  part  of  Our  Dominions,  the  Governor  shall
in  no  case,  except  where  the  offence  has  been  of  a  political  nature  unaccompanied  by  any  other
grave  crime,  make  it  a  condition  of  any  pardon  or  remission  of  sentence  that  the  offender  shall  be
banished  from  or  shall  absent  himself  or  be  removed  from  the  Colony.

XI.  In  the  event  of  the  death,  incapacity,  removal,  or  absence  from  South  Africa  of  the
Governor,  or  of  his  being  from  any  cause  prevented  from  acting  in  the  duties  of  his  office,  all  and
every  the  powers  and  authorities  granted  to  him  shall,  until  Our  further  pleasure  is  signified
therein,  be  vested  in  such  person  as  We  may  appoint  under  Our  Sign  Manual  and  Signet,  and  such
person  shall  havo  and  exercise  all  such  powers  and  authorities  until  Our  further  pleasure  shall
be  signified:  Provided  that  no  such  powers  or  authorites  shall  vest  in  such  person  until  he  shall  have
taken  the  oaths  hereinbefore  directed  to  be  taken  by  the  Governor  of  the  Colony,  and  in  the  manner
herein  prescribed.

XII.  Whenever  and  so  often  as  the  CGiovernor  shall  be  temporarily  absent  from  the  Colony
in  pursuance  of  any  Instructions  from  Us  through  one  of  Our  Principal  Secretaries  of  State,  or  in
the  execution  of  any  Letters  Patent  or  any  Commission  under  Our  Sign  Manual  and  Signet  appointing
  him  to  be  Our  High  Commissioner  or  Special  Commissioner  for  any  territories  in  South  Africa
with  which  it  may  be  expedient  that  We  should  have  relations,  or  appointing  him  to  be  Governor
or  to  administer  the  Government  of  any  Colony,  province,  or  territory  adjacent  or  near  to  the
Colony,  or  shall  be  absent  from  the  Colony  for  the  purpose  of  visiting  Our  High  Commissioner  for
South  Africa  or  the  Governor  or  Officer  Administering  the  Government  of  Our  Colony  of  the  Cape
of  Good  Hope,  or  some  other  neighbouring  Colony  or  State,  for  a  period  not  exceeding  one  month,
then  and  in  every  such  case  the  Governor  may  continue  to  exercise  all  and  every  the  powers  vested  in
him  as  fully  as  if  he  were  residing  within  the  Colony.

XIII.  In  the  event  of  the  Governor  having  occasion  to  be  temporarily  absent  for  a  short
period  from  the  seat  of  Government  or  from  the  Colony,  he  may,  in  every  such  case,  by  an
Instrument  under  the  Public  Seal  of  the  Colony,  constitute  and  appoint  any  person  to  be  his  Deputy
within  the  Colony,  or  any  part  thereof,  during  such  temporary  absence,  and  in  that  capacity  to
exercise,  perform,  and  execute  for  and  on  behalf  of  the  Governor  during  such  absence,  but  no
longer,  all  such  powers  and  authorities  vested  in  the  Governor,  as  shall  in  and  by  such  Instrument
be  specified  and  limited,  but  no  others.  Every  such  Deputy  shall  conform  to  and  observe  all  such
Instructions  as  the  Governor  shall  from  time  to  time  address  to  him  for  his  guidance:  Provided,
nevertheless,  that  by  the  appointment  of  a  Deputy,  as  aforesaid,  the  power  and  authority  of  the
Governor  shall  not  be  abridged,  altered,  or  in  any  way  affected,  otherwise  than  We  may  at  any
time  hereafter  think  proper  to  direct:  |

Provided  further  that,  if  any  such  Deputy  shall  have  been  duly  appointed,  it  shall  not  be
necessary  during  the  continuance  in  office  of  such  Deputy  for  any  person  to  assume  the  Government
of  the  Colony  as  Administrator  thereof,