CONSTITUTION OF COUNCILS-HONGKONG
suspending the operation of such Bill until the signification of Our pleasure thereupon, or unless the Governor shall have satisfied himself that an urgent necessity exists requiring that such Bill be brought into immediate operation, in which case he is authorised to assent in Our name to such Bill, unless the same shall be repugnant to the law of England, or inconsistent with any obligations imposed on Us by treaty. But he is to transmit to Us, by the earliest opportunity the Bill so assented to together with his reasons for assenting thereto.
XXVII.-Every Bill intended to affect or benefit some particular person, Private Bills. association or corporate body shall contain a section saving the rights of Us, Our heirs and successors, all bodies politic and corporate, and all others except such as are mentioned in the Bill and those claim ng by, from, and under them. No such Bill, not being a Government measure, shall be introduced into the Legislative Council until due notice has been given by not less than two successive publications of the Bill in the Hongkong Government Gazette, and in such other manner as may be required by the Standing Rules and Orders for the time being in force; and the Governor shall not assent thereto in Our name until it has been so published. A certificate under the hand of the Governor shall be transmitted to Us with the Bill signifying that such publication has been made.
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XXVIII. When any Ordinance shall have been pass d or when any Ordinances, &c., Bill shall have been reserved for the signification of Our pleasure, the to be sent home Governor shall transmit to Us, through one of Our Principal Secretaries of ted. State, for Our final approval, disallowance or other direction thereupou, a full and exact copy in duplicate of the same, and of the marginal summary thereof, duly authenticated under the Public Seal of the Colony, and by his own signature. Such copy shall be accompanied by such explanatory observations as may be required to exhibit the reasons and occasion for passing such Ordinance or Bill.
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Ordinances to be ·
XXIX. At the earliest practicable period at the commencement of Collection of each year, the Governor shall cause a complete collection to be published, published every for general information, of all Ordinances enacted during the preceding year.
year.
lative Council to
home after every
XXX.-Minutes shall be regularly kept of the proceedings of the Minutes of proc Legislative Council, and at each meeting of the said Council, the Minutes eedings of Legis- of the last preceding meeting shall be confirmed, or amended, as the case be kept, and sent may require, before proceeding to the despatch of any other business. meeting.
The Governor shall transmit to Us, through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, as soon
soon as possible after every meeting a full and exact copy of the Minutes of the said Council.
made before was-
XXXI.—Before disposing of any vacant or waste land to Us belong. Surveys and ing the Governor shall cause the same to be surveyed, and such reservations reservations to be to be made thereout as he may think necessary for roads or other public te lands are dis- purposes. The Governor shall not, directly or indirectly, purchase for Governor not to himself any of such lands without Our special permission given through purchase lands. one of Our Principal Secretaries of State.
posed of.
XXXII.—All Commissions to be granted by the Governor to any per- Appointments to son or persons for exercising any office or employment shall, unless other- be provisional wise provided by law, be granted during pleasure only; and whenever the pleasure. Governor shall appoint to any vacant office or employment, of which the initial emoluments exceed one thousand dollars or one hundred pounds sterling a year, according as the said emoluments are fixed with reference to dollars or to pounds sterling, as the case may be, any person not by Us specially directed to be appointed theret', he shall, at the same time, ex- pressly apprise such person that such appointment is to be considered only as temporary and provisional until Our allowance or disallowance thereof be signified.