(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), an Acting Governor General shall, in respect of the period during which he or she discharges the functions of the office of Governor General, receive emoluments at the rate specified in respect of the office of Governor General.
(2) Where an Acting Governor General, in reference to any period during which he or she discharges the functions of the office of Governor General, receives salary defrayed from the Consolidated Fund in respect of any other office, his or her emoluments under subsection (1) in respect of such period shall be abated to the extent of the salary so received.