during the absence or illness of the holder of that
office or the Regent.
(4) Every designation made for the purposes of this
section shall be published in the Gazette.
(5) Where any person has been designated to succeed to
the office of King in pursuance of subsection (1) or
(2), any other person who claims that, under the
customary law of Lesotho, he should have been so
designated in place of that person may, by application
made to the High Court within a period of six months
commencing with the day on which the designation was
published in the Gazette, apply to have the designation
varied by the substitution of his own name for that of
the first mentioned person, but, save as provided in
this Chapter, the designation of any person for the
purposes of this section shall not otherwise be called
in question in any court on the ground that, under the
customary law of Lesotho, the person designated was not
entitled to be so designated.
(6) Pending the decision of the High Court or, as the
case may be, of the Court of Appeal, a designation
which is the subject of the appeal shall remain of full
force and effect.
(7) In this section references to a vacancy in the
office of King are references to a vacancy caused by
the abdication of the King or by a resolution or
resolutions of Parliament under section 53 of this
Constitution that the holder of the office of King
should cease to hold that office.
46. The Regent
(1) The College of Chiefs may at any time designate, in
accordance with the customary law of Lesotho, the
person (or the persons, in order of prior right) who