53Appointments may be by name or office

##### 53. Appointments may be by name or office Where a written law confers a power or imposes a duty upon a person to appoint or designate a person to — (a) perform any function; or (b) be a member of any board, tribunal, commission, committee, council, or other similar body, whether corporate or unincorporate; or (c) be or do any other thing, that person may make the appointment or designation either by appointing or designating a person by name or by appointing or designating the holder of an office by the term designating his office; and any such appointment or designation of the holder of an office shall be construed as the appointment or designation of the person from time to time holding, acting in, or lawfully performing the functions of the office.