Section

127(1)

OATH (OR AFFIRMATION) OF ALLEGIANCE

I, , do swear (or solemnly affirm) that I will faithfully bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Her Heirs and Successors, according to law.

So help me God. (To be omitted in affirmation).

OATH (OR AFFIRMATION) OF OFFICE

I, , do swear (or solemnly affirm) that I will honor, uphold and preserve the Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda and the law, that I will conscientiously, impartially and to the best of my ability discharge my duties as and do right to all manner of people without fear or favor, affection or ill-will.

So help me God. (To be omitted in affirmation).

OATH (OR AFFIRMATION) OF OFFICE

I, , do swear (or solemnly affirm) that I will not on any account, at any time whatsoever, disclose any counsel, advice, opinion or vote given by any Minister as a member of the Cabinet and that I will not, except with the authority of the Cabinet and to such extent as may be required for the proper conduct of the government of Antigua and Barbuda, directly or indirectly reveal the business or proceedings of the Cabinet or any matter coming to my knowledge as a member of (or Secretary to) the Cabinet.

So help me God. (To be omitted in a affirmation).

SCHEDULE 2 TO THE ORDER

TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

ARRANGEMENT OF PARAGRAPHS

Paragraph

1. Discharge of Governor-General's functions.

2. Existing laws.

3. Parliament.

4. Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries.

5. Office of Attorney-General.

6. Existing public officers.

7. Supreme Court Order.

8. Appeals Order.

9. Protection from deprivation of property.

10. Commonwealth citizen.

11. Interpretation.

DISCHARGE O GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S FUNCTIONS.

1.- Until such time as a person has assumed office as Governor-General having been appointed as such in accordance with section 22 of the Constitution, the person who on 31st October 1981 held office as Governor of Antigua (or, if there is no such person, the person who was then acting as Governor) shall discharge the functions of the office of Governor-General.

EXISTING LAW.

2.- 1. The existing laws shall, as from 1st November 1981, be construed with such modifications, adaptations, qualifications, and exceptions as may be necessary to bring them into conformity with the Constitution and the Supreme Court Order.

2. Where any matter that falls to be prescribed or otherwise provided for under the Constitution by Parliament or by any other authority or person is prescribed or provided for by or under an existing law (including any amendment to any such law made under this paragraph), that prescription or provision shall, as from 1st November 1981, have effect (with such modifications, adaptations, qualifications and exceptions as may be necessity to bring it into conformity with the Constitution and the Supreme Court Order) as if it has been made under the Constitution by Parliament or, as the case may require, by the other authority or person.