Situations in Which The Royal Functions Are Transferred To A Regent
According to the Regency Acts 1937 to 1953, presently in force, there is provision for the establishment of a Regency either on account of the minority of the monarch or of the absolute incapacity of the Sovereign to discharge the Royal Functions.
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