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MIPT : AMENDMENTS TO LETTERS PATENT AND ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS.
FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF OUR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ROYAL
INSTRUCTIONS :
BEGINS
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1 (1) THESE INSTRUCTIONS MAY BE CITED AS THE HONG KONG ADDITIONAL
INSTRUCTIONS 1988 AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS ONE WITH THE HONG KONG
ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS OF 1917 AS AMENDED (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE PRINCIPAL INSTRUCTIONS'').
(2) THE HONG KONG ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS 1917 TO 1988 AND THESE
INSTURCTIONS MAY BE CITED TOGETHER AS THE HONG KONG ROYAL INSTRUCTI-
ONS 1917 TO 1988.
(3) THESE INSTRUCTIONS SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE AND SHALL COME INTO OPERATION UPON THE DATE OF
SUCH PUBLICATION.
2. CLAUSE II OF THE PRINCIPAL INSTRUCTIONS IS REVOKED AND REPLACED
BY THE FOLLOWING
''II. (1) THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL COLONY SHALL CONSIST OF (A) FOUR EX OFFICIO MEMBERS, BEING -
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(I) THE PERSONS FOR THE TIME BEING LAWFULLY DISCHARGING THE FUNCTIONS OF CHIEF SECRETARY, ATTORNEY GENERAL AND FINANCIAL SECRETARY OF THE COLONY: AND
(II) THE OFFICER FOR THE TIME BEING IN COMMAND OF OUR REGULAR FORCES WITHIN THE COLONY(''COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES''):
(B) SUCH OTHER PERSONS (INCLUDING OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL) 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 OF THE EXECU-
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