6Clerk, and Clerk Assistant, of Executive Council

6 Clerk, and Clerk Assistant, of Executive Council

(1)  The Clerk of the Executive Council and a Clerk Assistant of the Executive Council must, as soon as practicable after being appointed, take and subscribe the oath of allegiance and the clerk of executive council's oath.

(2)  The oaths to be taken under subsection (1) by the holder of an office referred to in that subsection are to be –

(a) tendered to the holder of the office by the Governor or by a person who is authorised by the Governor to be a person who may tender such oaths; and

(b) taken, and subscribed, by the holder of the office in the presence of the Governor or in the presence of a person who is authorised by the Governor to be a person before whom such oaths may be taken and subscribed.

(3)  If the holder of an office referred to in subsection (1) declines or neglects to take and subscribe an oath tendered to him or her under subsection (2) , his or her office is vacated.