Citation, construction
and com- mencement.
Replacement of Article
XIV of principal Letters Patent.
Amendment
of Article
XV of
principal Letters
Patent.
Power reserved
to Her Majesty.
ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Our other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.
TO ALL TO WHom these Presents shall come, GREETING!
Know Ye that We have declared and by these Presents do declare Our Will and pleasure as follows-
1. (1) These Our Letters may be cited as the Hong Kong Letters Patent 1970 and shall be construed as one with the Hong Kong Letters Patent 1917 as amended (hereinafter called "the principal Letters Patent ").
(2) The Hong Kong Letters Patent 1917 to 1967 and these Our Letters may be cited together as the Hong Kong Letters Patent 1917 to 1970.
(3) These Our Letters shall be published in the Hong Kong Govern- ment Gazette and shall come into operation upon the date of such publication.
2. Article XIV of the principal Letters Patent is revoked and replaced by the following—
"Governor XIV. The Governor may constitute and appoint such empowered
Judges, Justices of the Peace and other public officers as to appoint Judges and may be lawfully appointed, all of whom shall, unless other- wise provided by law, hold their offices during Our pleasure.".
other pub- lic officers
3. Article XV of the principal Letters Patent is amended by deleting "in any court, or before any Judge or other Magistrate within the Colony, a pardon, either free or subject to lawful conditions, or any remission of the sentence" and substituting the following-
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by any court of law in the Colony (other than a court martial established under any Act of Parliament), either free or subject to such conditions as the Governor may think fit to impose, a pardon or any remission of the sentence ”.
4. We do hereby reserve to Ourselves, Our Heirs and Successors full power and authority to amend or revoke these Presents.
In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made
Patent.
Witness Ourself at Westminster the
in the nineteenth year of Our Reign.
day of
By Warrant under The Queen's Sign Manual.
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