III. EXECUTIVE POWER
DECLARATION OF EXECUTIVE POWER IN THE QUEEN
9.- The Executive Government and Authority of and over Canada is
hereby declared to continue and be vested in the Queen.
APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS REFERRING TO GOVERNOR GENERAL
10. The Provisions of this Act referring to the Governor General
extend and apply to the Governor General for the time being of Canada, or other
the Chief Executive Officer or Administrator for the Time being carrying on the
Government of Canada on behalf and in the Name of the Queen, by whatever Title
he is designated.
CONSTITUTION OF PRIVY COUNCIL FOR CANADA
11.- There shall be a Council to aid and advise in the Government of
Canada, to be styled the Queen's Privy Council for Canada; and the Persons who
are to be Members of that Council shall be from Time to Time chosen and
summoned by the Governor General and sworn in as Privy Councilors, and Members
thereof may be from Time to Time removed by the Governor General.
ALL POWERS UNDER ACTS TO BE EXERCISED BY GOVERNOR GENERAL WITH ADVICE OF
PRIVY COUNCIL, OR ALONE
12.- All Powers, Authorities, and Functions which under any Act of
the Parliament of Great Britain, or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, or of the Legislature of Upper Canada, Lower Canada,
Canada, Nova Scotia, or New Brunswick, are at the Union vested in or
exercisable by the respective Governors or Lieutenant Governors of those
Provinces, with the Advice, or with the Advice and Consent, of the respective
Executive Councils thereof, or in conjunction with those Councils, or with any
Number of Members thereof, or by those Governors or Lieutenant Governors
individually, shall, as far as the same continue in existence and capable of
being exercised after the Union in relation to the Government of Canada, be
vested in and exercisable by the Governor General, with the Advice or with the
Advice and Consent of or in conjunction with the Queen's Privy Council for
Canada, or any Members thereof, or by the Governor General individually, as the
Case requires, subject nevertheless (except with respect to such as exist under
Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain or of the Parliament of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland) to be abolished or altered by the Parliament of Canada.
APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS REFERRING TO GOVERNOR GENERAL IN COUNCIL
13.- The Provisions of this Act referring to the Governor General in
Council shall be construed as referring to the Governor General acting by and
with the Advice of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.
POWER TO HER MAJESTY TO AUTHORIZE GOVERNOR GENERAL TO APPOINT
DEPUTIES
14.- It shall be lawful for the Queen, if Her Majesty thinks fit, to
authorize the Governor General from Time to Time to appoint any Person or any
Persons jointly or severally to be his Deputy or Deputies within any Part or
Parts of Canada, and in that Capacity to exercise during the Pleasure of the
Governor General such of the Powers, Authorities, and functions of the Governor
General as the Governor General deems it necessary or expedient to assign to
him or them, subject to any Limitations or Directions expressed or given by the
Queen; but the Appointment of such a Deputy or Deputies shall not affect the
Exercise by the governor General himself of any Power, Authority, or Function.
COMMAND OF ARMED FORCES TO CONTINUE TO BE VESTED IN THE QUEEN
15.- The Command-in-Chief of the Land and Naval Militia, and of all
Naval and Military Forces, of and in Canada, is hereby declared to continue and
be vested in the Queen.
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
16.- Until the Queen otherwise directs, the Seat of Government of
Canada shall be Ottawa.
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