HONG KONG
THE HONG KONG ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS 1991
ANNEX C
Dated: 1991
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS To Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies or other Officer for the time being Administering the Government of Our said Colony and its Dependencies.
We do hereby
direct and enjoin and declare Our Will and Pleasure as follows
1.- (1)
cited
as
These Instructions may be the Hong Kong Additional Instructions 1991 and shall be construed as one with the Hong Kong Royal Instructions of 1917 as amended (hereinafter called "the principal Instructions").
Citation,
construction
and
commencement
(2) The
Instructions
Hong
Kong
1917 to 1990 and
Royal
these
Instructions may be cited together as the Hong Kong Royal Instructions 1917 to 1991.
(3) These Instructions shall be published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette and shall come into operation upon the date of such publication.
XIX
of
the principal
2. Clause Instructions is revoked and replaced by the
following new Clause :-
"Validity of proceedings and quorum.
XIX.(1)
Council
The Legislative shall
not
from
be the
disqualified transaction of business by reason of any vacancy in the membership thereof (including any vacancy when the Council first meets after an election for all the Elected Members), and any proceedings therein shall not be invalidated by any such vacancy or by any election,
the
or
defect in appointment qualification of any
any Member
thereof.
Clause XIX principal Instructions revoked and replaced.
of