1967 Ed.]
Royal Instructions.
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HONG KONG ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS 1917 TO 1967.
PASSED UNDER THE ROYAL SIGN MANUAL AND SIGNET TO THE GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE COLONY OF HONG KONG AND ITS DEPENDENCIES.
DATED 14TH FEBRUARY, 1917 (PROC. No. 3 of 1917).
[Amended 15th November, 1928 (G.N. 20/29).
Amended 30th April, 1938 (G.N. 519/38).
Amended 1st March, 1955 (S.I. 1955 II, p. 3190) (G.N.A.
20/55).
Amended 1st July, 1964 (S.I. 1964 II, p. 3119) (L.N. 83/64). Amended 6th January, 1966 (L.N. 3/66).
Amended 17th November, 1967 (L.N. 174/67).] Amented 28th Faolining, 1969 (LIN. 21/6·7)
I.
The Governor may, whenever he thinks fit, require any person in the public service of the Colony to take the Oath of Allegiance, in the form prescribed by the Act mentioned in Our said recited Letters Patent, together with such other Oath or Oaths as may from time to time be prescribed by any laws in force in the Colony. The Governor is to administer such Oaths, or to cause them to be administered by some public officer of the Colony.
Administration of Oaths.
Constitution of Executive Council. (Amended on 30.4.38 and 17.11.67.)
II. The Executive Council of the Colony shall consist of the Officer for the time being in command of Our regular troops within the Colony (hereinafter called the Commander British Forces), the persons for the time being lawfully discharging the functions of Colonial Secretary, of Attorney-General, of Secretary for Chinese Home Affairs, and of Financial Secretary of the Colony, who are herein- } after referred to as ex officio Members, and of such other persons as We may from time to time appoint by any Instructions or Warrant under Our Sign Manual and Signet, or as the Governor in pursuance of Instructions from Us through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State may from time to time appoint by an Instrument under the Public Scal of the Colony. Persons appointed are hercinafter referred to as Official Members or Unofficial Members according as they hold, or do not hold, office under the Crown in the Colony at the time of appointment.
scats.
Every Unofficial Member shall vacate his scat at the end of Vacation of five years from the date of the Instrument by which he is appointed or of such other period as may be specified in that Instrument, but shall be eligible to be re-appointed in the manner aforesaid for a further period or periods, each period not exceeding five years:
Provided that if any such Member is provisionally appointed to fill a vacant seat in the Council and his provisional appoint- ment is immediately followed by his definitive appointment, the said period of five years shall be reckoned from the date of the Instrument provisionally appointing him.
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