Chapter V Power and Functionaries

Where, by any enactment, any power is conferred or any duty is imposed, then, unless a different intention appears, that power may be exercised and that duty shall be performed from time to time as occasion requires.

Where, by any enactment, any power is conferred on any person or functionary to do or enforce the doing of any act or thing, all such powers shall be deemed to be also conferred as are necessary to enable such person or functionary to do or enforce the doing of such act or thing

Where, by any enactment, a power to appoint any person to fill any office or execute any function is conferred, then, unless it is otherwise expressly provided, any such appointment may be made either by name or by virtue of office.

Where, by any enactment, a power to make any appointment is conferred, then, unless a different intension appears, the authority having for the time being power to make the appointment shall also have power to suspend or dismiss any person appointed whether by itself or by any other authority in exercise of that power.

In any enactment, it shall be sufficient for the purpose of indicating the application of the law to every person or number of persons for the time being executing the functions of an office, to mention the official title of the officer who is, at the time of the passing of the enactment, exercising the functions, or that of the officer by whom the functions are commonly exercised.

In any enactment it shall be sufficient for the purpose of indicating the relation of a law to the successors of any functionaries or of corporations having perpetual succession, to express its relation to the functionaries or corporations.

In any enactment, it shall be sufficient, for the purpose of expressing that a law relating to the chief or superior of an office shall apply to the deputies or subordinates lawfully performing the duties of the office in the place of their superior to specify the duties of the superior.