Section 114: Acting appointments
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114. Acting appointments
(1) In this Constitution, a reference to the holder of an office by the term
designating his office shall be construed as including a reference to any person
for the time being lawfully acting in or exercising the functions of that office.
(2) Where power is vested by this Constitution in any person or authority
to appoint any person to act in or perform the functions of any office where
the holder of the office is himself unable to perform those functions, no such
appointment shall be called in question on the ground that the holder of the
office was not unable to perform those functions.
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Revised Laws of Mauritius
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- Can someone be validly appointed to act in an office even if it turns out the substantive holder wasn't actually unable to act?