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N J Cox
Hong Kong Department
9 April 1991
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Sir J Coles
PS/Lord Caithness
Private Secretary
Mr Burns
Miss Brooks, Legal
Advisers
Cantant Ċ 10/4
DRAFT HONG KONG LETTERS PATENT 1991
DRAFT HONG KONG ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS 1991
Problem
1.
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Proposed amendments to the Letters Patent and Royal
Instructions:
(a) to ensure there is no room for doubt that, where the
Governor has purportedly delegated his authority to appoint
persons to certain public offices, this has been lawful;
(b) to entrench the rights contained in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR);
(c) to ensure that the validity of the proceedings of acts
in the Legislative Council (LegCo) may not be called into
question in certain cases;
(d) to make provision for the Governor to have discretion
whether or not to preside over meetings at LegCo; and
(e) to allow for elections to LegCo to take place on more
than one day.
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