Acting Governor-General

(1) During any period when the office of Governor- General is vacant or the holder of the office of Governor- General is absent from Belize or is for any other reason unable to perform the functions of his office those functions shall be performed by such person as Her Majesty may appoint. (2) Any such person as aforesaid shall not continue to perform the functions of the office of Governor-General if the holder of the office of Governor-General or some other person having a prior right to perform the functions of that office has notified him that he is about to assume or resume those (3) The holder of the office of Governor-General shall not, for the purposes of this section, be regarded as absent from Belize or as unable to perform the functions of his office, (a) by reason that he is in passage from one part of Belize to another; or (b) at any time when there is a subsisting appointment of a deputy under section 33 of this Constitution. by Governor-