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ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of 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 1985 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 1982 and these Our Letters may be cited together as the Hong Kong Letters Patent 1917 to 1985,
(3) These Our Letters shall be published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette and/shall come into operation upon the date of
and/sha such publication.
(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 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 current session thereof.
2. The principal Letters Patent are amended by deleting Article VI and substituting the following new Article----
"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 holding office under the Crown in the Colony as the Governor may, from time to time, appoint (who, together with the ex officio members, shall be styled "Official Members");
(d) not more than twenty-two persons as the Governor may, from time to time, appoint (who shall be styled "Appointed Members"); and
(e) twenty-four elected members (who shall be styled "Elected Members") being persons who are qualified and elected as elected members in accordance with a law in that behalf in force in the Colony.
Citation, construction,
commence-
ment and
saving.
Replacement
of Article VI of principal Letters Patent.
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