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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
of the said Legislative Council
Elected
ected Members
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
feree under the principal Letters Patent immediately
before the date of coming into operation of these Our
Letters.
the first
Elections to He Legistalúr Council pursuant
Is such an
سما
Replacement
of Article VI of
principal
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 current session thereof.
2. The principal Letters Patent are amended by
deleting Article VI and substituting the following new
Article
Patent.
"Legislative Council.
VI. (1) There shall be a Legislative
Council in and for the Colony, and the
said Council shall consist of
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