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Add ion of new, clause XXVIIIA to
the principal Instructions
10. The principal Instructions are amended by
adding, immediately after clause XXVIII, the following:
"Dissolution of Council
XXVIIIA. (1) The Governor
may at any time, by Order published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette dissolve the Legislative Council:
Provided that unless it has been
sooner dissolved, the Council
shall stand dissolved on the
ninetieth day before the third anniversary of the first sitting of the Council following the
latest election for all the
Elected Members of the Council.
(2) On the dissolution
of the Council, all the Elected
Members shall vacate their seats:
Provided that if, for the
consideration of any urgent
business, the Governor shall
appoint a time for a sitting of
the Council after the dissolution
but before the day appointed or
the holding of an election for all
the Elected Members of the
Legislative Council (as required
by clause XIIA of these
Instructions), the persons
holding office as Elected Members
of the Council immediately
before such dissolution shall
continue to sit as Elected
Members until the commencement
of the day (or, if more than one,
the first day) appointed for the
holding of such elections.".
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