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12. INTERPRETATION (1) In this Schedule— “ the Constitution ” means the Constitution set out in Schedule I of this Order; “ the former Constitution ” means the Constitution in force immediately before the commencement of this Order. (2) The provisions of section 124 of the Constitution shall apply for the purposes of interpreting this Schedule and otherwise in relation thereto as they apply for the purposes of interpreting and in relation to the Constitution. Laws of Saint Lucia Letters Patent Cap. 1.01 183 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2006 LETTERS PATENT INSTITUTING SAINT LUCIA HONOURS AND DECORATIONS Having received advice of the issue by Her Majesty The Queen of a Warrant under the sign manual authorising The Governor- General to sign and seal with the Public Seal of Saint Lucia Letters Patent in Her Name and on Her behalf instituting Saint Lucia Honours and Decorations to take effect from the 13th day of December, 1986, His Excellency The Governor General has accordingly signed and sealed the following Letters Patent: LETTERS PATENT ESTABLISHING THE ORDER OF SAINT LUCIA SAINT LUCIA By His Excellency Sir Allen Lewis, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Knight Bachelor, Queen’s Counsel, Governor-General of Saint Lucia. ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God Queen of Saint Lucia and of Her Other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth. TO ALL to whom these Presents shall come. GREETING: WHEREAS it is desirable that there be established a Saint Lucian society of honour for the purpose of according recognition to citizens of Saint Lucia and other persons for achievement, for acts of bravery or for meritorious service: KNOW YOU that we by these Presents, do establish a society of honour to be known as the “Order of Saint Lucia”: AND WE DO ordain that the Order shall consist of the Sovereign, Our Governor General of Saint Lucia and such members and honorary members as shall be appointed in accordance with the Constitution of the Order: 184 Cap. 1.01 Letters Patent Laws of Saint Lucia Revision Date: 31 Dec 2006 AND WE DO further ordain that the Constitution of the Order shall be the Constitution set out in the Schedule: AND WE DO hereby command that a seal be immediately engraven, that that seal shall be the Seal of the Order, that the Regulations of the Order shall be signed by Our Governor- General of Saint Lucia and sealed with the Seal of the Order, and that the Regulations so signed and sealed shall have the same force and effect as if they had been recited in these Our Letters Patent and given under the Public Seal of Saint Lucia. IN WITNESS whereof we have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent. Given under the Public Seal of Saint Lucia at Castries this 13th day of December, One thousand nine hundred and eighty-six, in the Thirty-fifth year of Our Reign. BY HER MAJESTY’S COMMAND JOHN G. M. COMPTON, Prime Minister . SCHEDULE CONSTITUTION OF THE ORDER OF SAINT LUCIA