Salary and allowance during absence, leave and incapacity

(1) The Governor-General shall, (a) in respect of any period during which he is absent from Belize for the purpose of performing any of the functions of his office Governor-General (Conditions of Service) [CAP. 7 7 receive the salary and duty allowance appertaining to his or her office; (b) in respect of any period during which he or she is absent on leave or is unable to perform the functions of his office, receive the salary appertaining to his office, but shall not receive the duty allowance. (2) The Governor-General shall not, for the purposes of this section, be regarded as unable to perform the functions of his or her office where he or she has appointed a Deputy to perform any of the functions of the office of Governor-General and such appointment is subsisting. Governor- General and Governor- General.