مجموعة رقم ١/ ٤٩ "عدن. الإدارة والرقابة: التغيرات المترتبة على الإصلاحات الهندية الدستورية؛ النقل للحكومة البريطانية" [و‎‎١‎٤] (٩٦٨/٣٢)

no person or persons within the Colony so appointed and capable
of discharging the duties of administration, then the Senior
Member of the Executive Council then resident in the Colony
and so capable shall during His Majesty’s pleasure administer the
Government of the Colony, first taking the Oaths hereinbefore
directed to be taken by the Governor and in the manner herein
prescribed, which being done, the Administrator as aforesaid is
liereby empowered and commanded, subject, if he is appointed as
^joresaid, to the terms of his appointment, to do during His
ivlajesty s pleasuie all things that belong to the office of Governor
as provided in this Order :
Provided that the Governor whenever and so often as he is on
a passage between any places included in his Government, or is
visiting any of the neighbouring territories in the exercise or
discharge of any powers or duties conferred or imposed upon him
by virtue of his office, shall not be considered to be absent from
the Colony within the meaning of this Order.
9. In the event of the Governor having occasion at any time
to be temporarily absent for a short period from the seat of
Government, or, in the exercise or discharge of any powers or
duties conferred or imposed upon him by virtue of his office, to
visit any neighbouring territories, he may by an Instrument
under the Public Seal of the Colony, appoint any person to be
his Deputy within the Colony or any part thereof, during such
temporary absence, and m 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. The power and authority of the Governor
shall not by the appointment of a Deputy as aforesaid be abridged,
altered, or in any way affected otherwise than His Majesty may at
any time hereafter think proper to direct.
10. The Governor shall keep and use the Public Seal of the
Colony for sealing all things whatsoever that shall pass the said
Seal. Until a Public Seal shall be provided for the 'Colony, the
Official Seal heretofore used by the Resident and Commander-in-
Chief of Aden may be used as the Public Seal of the Colony.
11. There shall be an Executive Council in and for the Colony,
and the said Council shall consist of such persons as His Majesty
shall direct by Instructions under His Sign Manual and Signet,
and all such persons shall hold their places in the said Council
during His Majesty s pleasure, and subject thereto for such period