Constitution of The BahamasIn briefSets out who carries out the Governor-General's duties when the office is vacant or the Governor-General is away or unable to act.
Whenever the office of Governor-General is vacant of the holder of the office is absent from The Bahamas or is for any other reason unable to perform the functions of his office, those functions shall be performed-
Whenever the office of Governor-General is vacant, or the Governor-General is away from The Bahamas or for any other reason cannot carry out the duties of the office, those duties must be carried out:
by any person for the time being designated by her Majesty in that behalf who is in The Bahamas and able to perform those functions; or
by any person Her Majesty has designated (named) for this purpose, as long as that person is in The Bahamas and able to carry out those duties; or
at any time when there is no person in The Bahamas so designated and able to perform those functions, by the holder of the office of Chief Justice; or
at any time when there is no designated person in The Bahamas able to carry out those duties, by the Chief Justice; or
at any time referred to in sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph when the office of Chief Justice is vacant or the holder thereof is absent from The Bahamas or is for any other reason unable to perform those functions, by the President of the Senate.
at any time described in sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph when the office of Chief Justice is vacant, or the Chief Justice is away from The Bahamas or for any other reason cannot carry out those duties, by the President of the Senate.
The holder of the office of Governor-General or any person designated under sub-paragraph (1)(a) of this Article or by sub-paragraph (1)(b) of this Article shall not, for the purposes of this Article, be regarded as absent from The Bahamas or as unable to perform the function of the office of Governor-General at any time when there is a subsisting appointment of a deputy under Article 34 of this Constitution.
For the purposes of this Article, the Governor-General, or any person designated under sub-paragraph (1)(a) of this Article or by sub-paragraph (1)(b) of this Article, is not treated as away from The Bahamas or unable to carry out the duties of the office of Governor-General at any time when a deputy appointed under Article 34 of this Constitution is in place.