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(D) BY DELETING
''LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL'
13. CLAUSE XVI OF THE PRINCIPAL INSTRUCTIONS IS AMENDED
(A) IN PARAGRAPHS (1) AND (2) (B) BY DELETING ''THE COUNCIL' WHEREVER IT OCCURS AND SUBSTITUTING THE FOLLOWING
''THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL : AND
(B) IN PARAGRAPH (3) BY INSERTING AFTER ''MEMBER'' THE FOLLOWING ''OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL''
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14. CLAUSE XVII OF THE PRINCIPAL INSTRUCTIONS IS AMENDED BY DELETING ''THE COUNCIL WHEREVER IT OCCURS AND SUBSTITUTING THE FOLLOWING ''THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL''
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15. CLAUSE XIX OF THE PRINCIPAL INSTRUCTIONS IS REVOKED AND REPLACED
BY THE FOLLOWING
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XIX. THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHALL NOT BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS ON ACCOUNT OF ANY VACANCIES AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL: BUT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHALL NOT BE COMPETENT TO ACT IN ANY CASE UNLESS THERE IS PRESENT AT AND THROUGHOUT THE MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ATLEAST 20 MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR OR THE MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PRESIDING.''
16, CLAUSE XXI OF THE PRINCIPAL INSTRUCTIONS IS AMENDED BY DELETING PARAGRAPHS (2) AND (3) AND SUBSTITUTING THE FOLLOWING
1 (2) IN THE ABSENCE OF THE GOVERNOR FROM A MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THERE SHALL PRESIDE AT THAT MEETING
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(A) SUCH MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AS THE GOVERNOR MAY
APPOINT: OR
(B) IN THE ABSENCE OF THE MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL APPOINTED UNDER SUB-PARAGRAPH (A) OR IN DEFAULT OF SUCH APPOINTMENT, THE CHIEF SECRETARY OR, IN HIS ABSENCE, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OR, HIS ABSENCE, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY: OR
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IN THE ABSENCE FOF THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SPECIFIED IN SUB-PARAGRAPHS (A) AND (B), THE SENIOR OFFICIAL MEMBER
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