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duty or is unable, for any reason, to exercise and perform his powers and functions.

 (3) The Minister may at any time terminate the appointment of a person as the Deputy of the Administrator.

10 Oath to be taken by Administrator etc

 (1) The Administrator, an Acting Administrator and a Deputy of the Administrator shall, before entering on the duties of his office, make and subscribe an oath or affirmation in the form in the First Schedule to this Ordinance.

 (2) An oath or affirmation under this section shall be made and subscribed before the Governor-General or a person authorized for the purpose by the Minister.

11 Employment of other officers

 (1) The Minister may employ such other persons as he considers necessary for the purposes of the government of the Territory and may determine the terms and conditions on which those persons hold office.

 (2) The Minister may require a person employed under this section to make and subscribe an oath or affirmation of allegiance or office, or both, in a form approved by the Minister and before such person as the Minister directs.

12 Delegation of powers of Governor-General or Minister

 (1) Subject to this section, the Governor-General or the Minister may, by instrument in writing, delegate to a person or authority, either generally or otherwise as provided in the instrument
of delegation, all or any of his powers and functions under
an Ordinance, whether the powers or functions are conferred
on him directly or by virtue of the provisions of Part III,
of the Interpretation Ordinance 1958, except this power of delegation.

 (2) A power or function so delegated may be exercised or performed by the delegate in accordance with the instrument of delegation.

 (3) A delegation under this section is revocable at will and does not prevent the exercise of a power or the performance of a function by the Governor-General or the Minister, as the case may be.

 (4) This section does not authorize the Governor-General or the Minister to delegate a power to make regulations, rules or rules of court conferred on him by an Ordinance.

13 Amendments of certain laws

  The Ordinances of the Colony of Singapore specified in the Second Schedule to this Ordinance, in their application in the Territory, are amended as set out in that Schedule.

14 Transitional

 (1) The Governor-General may exercise the power conferred by section 6 of this Ordinance to appoint a person to be the Administrator of the Territory before the date fixed under subsection (2) of section 2 of this Ordinance and, if he does so, the person appointed to be the Administrator may make and subscribe the oath or affirmation required by section 10