Administration Ordinance 1968 (CI)
7Acting Administrator
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7 Acting Administrator
(1) The Minister may appoint a person to act as Administrator during a vacancy in the office of Administrator or during any period, or during all periods, when the Administrator is absent from duty or is unable, for any reason, to exercise and perform the powers and functions of the office. (2) A person acting in the office of Administrator has and may exercise all the powers and perform all the functions of the Administrator. (3) The appointment of a person to act in the office of Administrator, and any act done by an Acting Administrator as such, must not, in any proceedings, be questioned on the ground that the occasion for the appointment, or for the exercise of powers or performance of functions of the office, had not arisen or had ceased. (4) The Minister may at any time terminate the appointment of a person to act as Administrator under this section.