Addion of
new Lause XXIA to the principal Instructions
9.
The principal Instructions are amended by
adding, immediately after clause XXI, the following:
"Sessions and sittings of Legislative
Council.
XXIA. (1) The sessions of
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the Legislative Council shall commence
on such date and end on such date as
the Governor shall from time to time
appoint by notice published in the
Hong Kong Government Gazette, but the
period between the last sitting of one
session of the Legislative Council and
the first sitting of the next session
shall not exceed three months.
(2) The Governor, by
notice published in the Hong Kong
Government Gazette, may summon special
sittings of the Legislative Council
to be held in any period between the
end of one session of the Council and
the beginning of the next session.
(3) The consideration of
any Bill or other business of the
Council shall not be affected by the
termination of a session, but it may
be resumed at any subsequent sitting of
the Council.".
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