(2) A Deputy Minister may be appointed to exercise or preform on behalf of a Minister any of the powers, functions and duties entrusted to such Minister under any law or otherwise which may, subject to the directions of the Officer Administering the Government, be assigned to him from time to time by such Minister.
(3) Any person appointed under this section shall hold office during the pleasure of the Officer Administering the Government.
(4) A person who holds office as a Minister or Deputy Minister for any period of four consecutive months without also being a Member of Parlianient shall cease to be a Minister or Deputy Minister, as the case may be, at the end of that period unless that period cxpiles at a time when Parlament is dissolved, in which case he shall cease to be a Minister or Deputy Minister, as the case may be, on the date wlien Parliament first meets after the dissolution, unless he is elected as a Member of Parliament at the general election following such dissolution.
(5) A person who holds office as a Minister or Deputy Minister and who is at no time while holding that office also a Member of Parliament shall be incligible for reappointment as a Minister or Deputy Minister before Parlianeni is next dissolved after he ceases to hold that office, unless in the mcantime he has become a Member of Parliament.
(6) A Minister or Deputy Minister may at any tinre by notice in writing addressed to the Officer Administering the Government and delivered to the Prime Minister resign bis office.
(7) Any persoz appointed under this section shall before entering upon his office take before the Officer Administering the Government or some person authorized by the Officer Administering the Government in that behalf. oaths of loyalty and for the due execution of his office in the forms set out in the First Schedule
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49.(1) To advise the Officer Administering the Government in the government of Rhodesia, there shall be an Executive Council consisting of the Prime Minister and such other persons, being Ministers, as the Oficer Administering the Government, on the advice of the Prime Minister, may from time to time appoint.
(2) A member of the Executive Council shall hold office during the pleasure of the Oficer Administering the Government:
Provided that—
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