Article 40 Acting appointments

During any period when the Chairman of the Corporation is unable to perform the functions of his office by reason of illness, absence from the Territories or any other cause or when the office of the Chairman is vacant, one of the Deputy Chairman of the Corporation, selected in accordance with such procedure as the Higher Authority shall determine, shall perform those functions.

If a member of the Corporation, other than the Chairman, is unable to perform the functions of his office by reason of illness, absence from the Territories or any other cause, the Authority by which that member was appointed may appoint a person, not being a person disqualified for appointment as a member, to act in his place; and any person so appointed shall, subject to section 39, continue so to act until the expiration of such period as may be specified in his instrument of appointment or until that member resumes the performance of those functions, whichever is the earlier.