(3) These Our Letters shall be published in
the Hong Kong Government Gazette and, with the exception
of Article 2, shall come into operation upon the date of
such publication. Article 2 shall come into operation on
the day following the end of the current session of the
Legislative Council of Hong Kong, which date shall be
published by the Governor in the Hong Kong Government
Gazette.
Replacement
of Article VI of principal Letters
Patent.
2. The principal Letters Patent are amended by
deleting Article VI and substituting the following
new Article
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"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;
(b) three ex officio members, being
the persons for the time being
lawfully discharging the functions
of Chief Secretary, Attorney-
General and Financial Secretary
of the Colony;
(c)
not more than seven persons
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holding office under the Crown
in the Colony as the Governor