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(4) Subject to any Instructions addressed to the
Governor of Hong Kong under Our Sign Manual and Signet or
through one of our Principal Secretaries of State, the
Legislative Council of Hong Kong may make laws for giving
effect to these Our Letters and for the holding of
elections prior to the appointed date to elect persons
to be elected Members of the said Legislative Council
in accordance therewith but, until the appointed date,
nothing in these Our Letters or the said Instructions or
laws shall affect the membership or powers and privileges
of the said Legislative Council as constituted and in
force under the principal Letters Patent immediately
before the date of coming into operation of these Our Letters.
(5) In these Our Letters "the appointed date" means
such date as the said Governor shall appoint for the
commencement of the session of the said Legislative
Council commencing next after the session proceeding at
the date of coming into operation of these Our Letters.
Deletion and substitution of Article VI of principal Letters Patent.
2. The principal Letters Patent are amended by
deleting Article VI and substituting the following
"Legislative Council.
VI. (1) There shall be a Legislative
Council in and for the Colony, and the said
Council shall consist of
(a) the Governor;