Section 48
Power to appoint member of board, etc., temporarily
of Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967
ActIn forceProvision 49 of 134
Section 48
Where a power is conferred by a written law to appoint any person to be a member of any board, commission, committee or similar body, the appointing authority may, if during any period owing to absence or inability to act from illness or any other cause any member so appointed is unable to act as such, appoint some other person to act temporarily for that member during the period of absence or inability.