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(a) the appointment and removal from office of
Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries, the
allocation of portfolios or the assignment of
responsibility to Ministers, the authorising of a
Minister other than the Prime Minister to perform
the functions of the Prime Minister during the
Prime Minister’s absence or illness or other
unavailability; or
(b) the dissolution of Parliament;
(3) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section
shall not apply to matters which are the subject of subsections (3),
(4), (5) and (6) of section 104 of this Constitution.
Allocation
of
portfolios.
114. (1) The President, acting in accordance with the
advice of the Prime Minister may, by directions in writing, allocate
portfolios to the Prime Minister or any other Minister of the Cabinet
or assign to any of them responsibility for any business of the
Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, including the
administration of any department of government.
(2) Where the Prime Minister or any other Minister has
been allocated a portfolio or assigned responsibility for any department
of government, he shall exercise general direction and control over that
department.
Performance
of functions of
Prime Minister
and other
Ministers
during
absence,
illness or other
unavailability.
115. (1) Where the Prime Minister is absent from Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines, or is unable by reason of illness or of the
provisions of section 118 of this Constitution to perform the functions
conferred on him by this Constitution, the President may authorise some
other member of the Cabinet to perform those functions (other than the
functions conferred by subsection (2) of this section) and that member
may perform those functions until his authority is revoked by the
President.
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