Section 31
Performance of statutory duties of public officer during absence etc.
of Interpretation And General Clauses Enactment 1963
Where by or under any State law any powers are conferred or any duties are imposed upon a public officer, the Yang di-Pertua Negeri may direct that if, during any period, owing to
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absence or inability to act from illness or any other cause, such public officer is unable to exercise the powers or perform the duties of his office in any place under his jurisdiction or control, such powers shall be had and may be exercised and such duties shall be performed in such place by a person named by, or by a public officer holding the office designated by the Yang di-Pertua Negeri, and thereupon such person or public officer, during the period as aforesaid, shall have and may exercise the powers and shall perform the duties aforesaid subject to such conditions, exceptions and qualifications as the Yang di-Pertua Negeri may direct.
Power to appoint to substantive office not vacant.