9. [Declaration of Executive Power in the Queen.] The Executive
Government and Authority of and over Canada is hereby declared to
continue and be vested in the Queen.
10. [Application of Provisions referring to Governor General.] The
Provisions of this Act referring to the Governor General extend and
apply to the Governor General for the Time being of Canada, or other the
Chief Executive Officer or Administrator for the Time being carrying on
the Government of Canada on behalf and in the Name of the Queen, by
whatever Title he is designated.
11. [Constitution of Privy Council for Canada.] There shall be a Council
to aid and advise in the Government of Canada, to be styled the Queen's
Privy Council for Canada; and the Persons who are to be Members of that
Council shall be from Time to Time chosen and summoned by the Governor
General and sworn in as Privy Councillors, and Members thereof may be
from Time to Time removed by the Governor General.
12. [All Powers under Acts to be exercised by Governor General with
Advice of Privy Council, or alone.] All Powers, Authorities, and
Functions which under any Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, or of
the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or
of the Legislature of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Canada, Nova Scotia,
or New Brunswick, are at the Union vested in or exerciseable by the
respective Governors or Lieutenant Governors of those Provinces, with
the Advice, or with the Advice and Consent, of the respective Executive
Councils thereof, or in conjunction with those Councils, or with any
Number of Members thereof, or by those Governors or Lieutenant Governors
individually, shall, as far as the same continue in existence and
capable of being exercised after the Union in relation to the Government
of Canada, be vested in and exerciseable by the Governor General, with
the Advice or with the Advice and Consent of or in conjunction with
the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, or any Members thereof, or by
the Governor General individually, as the Case requires, subject
nevertheless (except with respect to such as exist under Acts of the
Parliament of Great Britain or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland) to be abolished or altered by the
Parliament of Canada.
13. [Application of Provisions referring to Governor General in
Council.] The Provisions of this Act referring to the Governor General
in Council shall be construed as referring to the Governor General
acting by and with the Advice of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.
14. [Power to Her Majesty to authorize Governor General to appoint
Deputies.] It shall be lawful for the Queen, if Her Majesty thinks fit,
to authorize the Governor General from Time to Time to appoint any
Person or any Persons jointly or severally to be his Deputy or Deputies
within any Part or Parts of Canada, and in that Capacity to exercise
during the Pleasure of the Governor General such of the Powers,
Authorities, and Functions of the Governor General as the Governor
General deems it necessary or expedient to assign to him or them,
subject to any Limitations or Directions expressed or given by the
Queen; but the Appointment of such a Deputy or Deputies shall not affect
the Exercise by the Governor General himself of any Power, Authority, or
Function.
15. [Command of Armed Forces to continue to be vested in the Queen.] The
Command-in-Chief of the Land and Naval Militia, and of all Naval and
Military Forces, of and in Canada, is hereby declared to continue and be
vested in the Queen.
16. [Seat of Government of Canada.] Until the Queen otherwise directs
the Seat of Government of Canada shall be Ottawa.