There is only one thing I should like to say in regard to Section 42. The Minister may consider that paragraphs (a) and (b) seem difficult and complicated. They make provision for a time when there is an elected President in office and they also make provision for the time when there is not. This is the first Bill that I know of in which specific provisions have been made for the function of President and when there is no elected President in office. It seems a little complicated to me but I am not opposing the section.
SECTION 42.
Question proposed: " That Section 42 stand part of the Bill."
It is in the 1937 Act.
It is, but not in regard to commissions.
Yes, in regard to commissions.
Apart from the Defence Forces Acts I do not know of any single provision of this kind. The President, of course, appoints judges, and he has quite a lot of important functions of appointment apart from the commissioning of officers. Is there any necessity for the complexity which is evident in this section ?
Sections 42 and 43 agreed to.