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YOUR TELNO 2139: AMENDMENTS TO LETTERS PATENT AND ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS
1.
REVISED DRAFTS OF THE LETTERS PATENT AND ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS ARE BEING SENT TO CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BRANCH BY FAX TODAY.
2. APART FROM DRAFTING AND STYLISTIC CHANGES, THE REVISED DRAFTS DIFFER FROM THE TEXTS FAXED TO US ON 4 JULY AS FOLLOWS:-
LETTERS PATENT
(A) ARTICLE 2: THERE IS NO NEED TO AMEND ARTICLE VI(1) (B): SEE
PARAGRAPH 2 OF OUR TELNO 1179 AND YOUR TELNO 2025
SEMI-COLON
(B)
(C)
ARTICLE 2: ARTICLE VI(2) DOES NOT APPLY TO EX OFFICIO MEMBERS SEMI-COLON
PARAGRAPH 3 OF YOUR TELNO 2065: WE AGREE THAT THERE IS NO NEED TO CHANGE QUOTE A LAW UNQUOTE IN ARTICLE VII(2). HOWEVER, WE THINK WE SHOULD CHANGE QUOTE SUCH A LAW UNQUOTE IN THE NEW SENTENCE TO BE ADDED TO ARTICLE VII(2) TO QUOTE THE LAW OF THE COLONY UNQUOTE IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY SUGGESTION THAT ONLY A SINGLE LAW IS CONTEMPLATED SEMI-COLON
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
(A)
(B)
CLAUSE 2: THE WAY THE INSTRUCTIONS WORK, THERE SHOULD BE NO NEED FOR THIS AMENDMENT, BUT WE HAVE INCLUDED IT AT YOUR WISH SEMI-COLON
CLAUSE 7, NEW PARAGRAPH (4) OF CLAUSE XXI (2): WE HAVE ADDED A REFERENCE TO ARTICLE VI(2) OF THE LETTERS PATENT SEMI-COLON SEE PARAGRAPH 6 OF YOUR TELNO 2025.
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