Constitution Section 166 — Conduct of Business of the Government of a State

Part VI — THE STATES — Conduct of Government Business

Constitutional

Summary

All official decisions and actions of a state government must be formally stated as being taken in the name of the Governor. Orders and documents issued in the Governor’s name must be verified according to rules set by the Governor, and once verified, their validity cannot be challenged simply because they were not personally made or signed by the Governor. The Governor is responsible for creating rules to make the state government’s work run more smoothly, and to decide how different government business is assigned to Ministers, except for matters where the Constitution requires the Governor to act on their own judgment.

Official Text

(1) All executive action of the Government of a State shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the Governor.

(2) Orders and other instruments made and executed in the name of the Governor shall be authenticated in such manner as may be specified in rules to be made by the Governor, and the validity of an order or instrument which is so authenticated shall not be called in question on the ground that it is not an order or instrument made or executed by the Governor.

(3) The Governor shall make rules for the more convenient transaction of the business of the Government of the State, and for the allocation among Ministers of the said business in so far as it is not business with respect to which the Governor is by or under this Constitution required to act in his discretion.(4)* * * * *