CHAPTER
24
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS |
ARRANGEMENT OF
SECTIONS |
SECTION |
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Establishment of Ministry of Foreign Affairs. |
Functions of the Ministry. |
Minister to be corporation sole. |
Power of Governor-General to make rules. |
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CHAPTER 24 |
MINISTRY OF
FOREIGN AFFAIRS |
An Act
relating to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to make the Minister
responsible therefor a corporation sole; and for matters connected therewith or
incidental thereto. | 6 of 1975
4 of 1983 |
[Commencement 7th
May, 1975] |
1. This Act may be cited as the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs Act. | Short title. |
2. In this Act- | Interpretation. |
"the
Minister" means the Minister responsible for Foreign Affairs; |
"Ministry"
means the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. |
3. (1) There shall be established a Ministry of the
Government of The Bahamas to be called the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. | Establishment of Ministry of Foreign Affairs. |
(2)
The Ministry shall be subject to the general direction and control of the
Minister. |
4. The Minister shall be responsible for the conduct of
all official communications between the Government of The Bahamas and the
Government of any other country in connection with the foreign affairs of The
Bahamas and shall be charged with such other duties as may be assigned to the
Ministry by the Governor-General acting on the advice of the Prime Minister in
relation to such foreign affairs, and the conduct and management of
international negotiations so far as they may appertain to the Government of The
Bahamas. | Functions of the Ministry. |
5. The Minister shall be a corporation sole with power
to acquire, hold, lease and dispose of property of any description, to enter
into contracts, to sue and be sued, and all property transferred to him by this
or any other Act, or which otherwise becomes vested in him shall be held in
trust for Her Majesty in right of Her Government of The Bahamas. | Minister to be corporation sole. |
6. The Governor-General may make rules providing for- | Power of Governor-General to make rules. |
(a) such
foreign service orders as he may consider necessary; |
(b) the
charging of fees for any service rendered by the Ministry; and |
(c) such other
matters as may be required to carry out effectively the functions of the
Ministry. |
7. (1) Any reference to the Ministry of External Affairs
or the Minister of External Affairs in any written law in force or having
effect on or after the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a
reference to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Foreign
Affairs respectively. | Transitional. |
(2) Any agreement
or instrument subsisting immediately before the commencement of this Act to
which the Minister of External Affairs was a party shall have effect on and
after that day as if any reference in the agreement or instrument to the
Minister of External Affairs were a reference to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. |