THE CYPRUS GAZETTE, 1925.

i28 THE CYPRUS GAZETTE (EXTRAORDINARY, No. 1), 1st MAY, 1925.
Revokes Orders
in Council of 6th
July. 1907, and
13tJi Octobei;,
1920.
H^ame of Colony.
Substitution of
Governor for
High Conunissioner.
"Governor's powers
and authorities.
PubUcation of
Grpvemor's
Oommission.
Oaths to be taken
by Governor.
Imperial Act
31 A; 32 Vict.
72.
Tublic Seal.
And whereas We deem it expedient that further and other
provision should be made for the administration of the Government
of Cyprus :
Now know ye that We do by these presents revoke as from the
date of the coming into operation of these Our Letters Patent so
much of the above recited Order in Council of the Sixth day of
July, 1907, as has not already been revoked, and the above recited
Order in Council of the Thirteenth day of October, 1920, but without
prejudice to anything lawfully done thereunder, and in lieu thereof
We do declare Our Will and Pleasure to be as follows :—
I. From and after the date of the coming into operation of
these Our Letters Patent the Island of Cjrprus shall be known as
the Colony of Cyprus.
II. In place of the High Commissioner and Commander-in-
Chief appointed under the provisions of the above recited Order in
Council of the Sixth day of July, 1907, there shall be a Governor
and Commander-in-Chief (hereinafter called the Governor) in and
over the said Colony of Cyprus (hereinafter called the Colony) and
appointments to the said Office shall be made by Commission under
Our Sign Manual and Signet. Wherever in any Order in Council
relating to Cyprus or in any Laws, Proclamations, Regulations or
other enactments in force in Cyprus at the date of the coming into
operation of these Our Letters Patent the words " High Commissioner
and Commander-in-Chief" or "High Commissioner" occur,
the words " Governor and Commander-in-Chief" or "Governor"
respectively shall be read in place thereof.
III. We do hereby authorise, empower, and command the
Governor to do and execute all things that belong to his said Office,
according to the tenour of these Our Letters Patent and of any
Orders in Council relating to Cyprus, save in so far as any provision
of any such Order in Council itiay be repugnant to any of the
provisions of these Our Letters Patent, and of such Commission as
may be issued to him under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet,
and according to such Instructions as may from time to time be
given to him, under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, or by Order
in Our Privy Council, or by Us through one of Our Principal
Secretaries of State, and to such laws as are now, or shall hereafter
be in force in the Colony.
IV. Every person appointed to fill the Office of Governor shall,
with all due solemnity, before-entering on any of the duties of his
Office, cause the Commission appointing him to be Governor to be
read and published at the seat of Government in the presence of
the Chief Justice, or of some other Judge of the Supreme Court,
and such Members of the Executive Council of the Colony as can
conveniently attend, which being done, he shall then and there
take before them the Oath of Allegiance, in the form provided by
an Act passed in the Session holden in the Thirty-first and Thirtysecond
years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled
" An Act to amend the law relating to Promissory Oaths " ; and
likewise the usual Oath for the due execution of the Office oi
Governor and for the due and impartial administration of justice;
which Oaths the said Chief Justice or Judge, or, if they be
unavoidably absent, the Senior Member of the Executive Council
then present is hereby required to administer.
V. The Public Seal of the Island of Cyprus shall be and be
deemed to be the Pubhc Seal of the Colony and the Governor shall
keep and use the said Pubhc Seal for sealing all things whatsoever
that shall pass the said Seal.
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