Deputy of the Governor General of Canada
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Deputy of the Governor General[1] is established under s. 14 of the Constitution Act, 1867 where the Governor General may appoint a person or persons to act as a deputy, and to exercise any powers delegated to them. Presently, the judges of the Supreme Court of Canada serve as deputies to the Governor General for the purpose of giving royal assent to bills passed by Parliament, signing official documents or receiving credentials of newly appointed High Commissioners and Ambassadors. When Supreme Court of Canada judges exercise the power of Governor General, they are styled as the Honourable the Deputy of Her Excellency the Governor General in the House of Commons and Senate. [1]
[edit] Administrator of Canada
The role of deputy to the Governor General is different from that of Administrator of Canada. The Letters Patent Constituting the Office of the Governor General of Canada, 1947, provide that in the death, removal, incapacity or absence of more than one month the Chief Justice of Canada shall serve as Administrator of Canada, exercising all the powers and functions of the Governor General until a new Governor General is appointed. In the absence or incapacity of the Chief Justice, the role of Administrator falls on the senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court.
