{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bahamas-independence-order-1973/schedule-1/paragraph-33",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1973/1080",
  "legislation_title": "The Bahamas Independence Order 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bahamas-independence-order-1973",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/33",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Acting Governor-General",
  "text": "(1) Whenever the office of Governor-General is vacant or the holder of the office is absent from The Bahamas or is for any other reason unable to perform the functions of his office, those functions shall be performed—\n(a) by any person for the time begin designated by Her Majesty in that behalf who is in The Bahamas and able to perform those functions; or\n(b) at any time when there is no person in The Bahamas so designated and able to perform those functions, by the holder of the office of Chief Justice; or\n(c) at any time referred to in sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph when the office of Chief Justice is vacant or the holder thereof is absent from The Bahamas or is for any other reason unable to perform those functions, by the President of the Senate.\n(2) The holder of the office of Governor-General or any person designated under sub-paragraph (1)(a) of this Article or by sub-paragraph (1)(b) of this Article shall not, for the purposes of this Article, be regarded as absent from The Bahamas or as unable to perform the functions of the office of Governor-General at any time when there is a subsisting appointment of a deputy under Article 34 of this Constitution.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/1080/schedule/1/paragraph/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:06:14.990816+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}