Power to appoint public officer to board, etc

(1) Where any Act confers power upon any person to appoint any persons to be members of any board, tribunal, commission, committee or similar body, the person so empowered may appoint any public officer, by his official designation, to be a member of such board, tribunal, commission, committee or similar body, and, on such appointment and until such appointment shall be revoked or otherwise determined, the person for the time being holding the public office in question shall be a member of such board, tribunal, commission, committee or similar body. (2) Where, under any Act, power is given to the Governor- General or a Minister to appoint any board, tribunal, commission, committee or similar body, the Governor-General or the Minister, in the absence of any provision to the contrary, may appoint the Chairperson of the board, tribunal, commission, committee or similar body. (3) If the Governor-General, in the absence or incapacity of any person holding any public office, appoints any person to act in that office, the person so appointed shall, during his tenure of the office, have and exercise all the powers, authorities, rights and privileges and perform all the duties appertaining thereto, and all acts, matters and things done and performed by that person during the temporary tenure shall be as legal and valid as if done and performed by an officer entitled to hold that office permanently.