Addition of new clause XXIA to
2.
principal
Instructions.
NEW CLAUSES FOR DRAFT ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS
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The principal Instructions are amended by adding,
immediately after clause XII, the following:
"Election to Legislative Council.
XIIA. (1) An election for all
Elected Members of the Legislative
Council in accordance with a law in force
in the Colony shall be held:-
(a)
in 1985; and
(b)
[Alternative 1 : within three
months after any subsequent
dissolution of the Council.]
[Alternative 2: subject to
clause XXVIIIA (2), during
the three months [ninety days]
before the third anniversary
of the first sitting of
Legislative Council following
the latest election for all
Elected Members of the Council].
(2)
Elections for casual
vacancies among the Elected Members
shall be held in accordance with a law
in that behalf in force in the Colony.".
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