Citation, construction
and
commencement.
Amendment of Clause XIIA
of the principal Instructions.
Revocation of Clauses XIII, XIV, XVI,
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) These Instructions may be cited as the Hong Kong Additional Instructions 1993 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 1992 and these Instructions may be cited together as the Hong Kong Royal Instructions 1917 to 1993.
(3) These Instructions shall be published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette and, subject to paragraph (4), shall come into operation upon the date of publication.
(4) The following provisions shall come into operation on the appointed day:
(a) (i) Clause 2(a)(i) which amends Clause XIIA(1) of the principal
Instructions;
(ii) Clause; 2(b)(i) which amends Clause XIIA(2) of the principal
Instructons;
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(iii) Clause 4(a) which amends Clause XIX(1) of the principal Instructions; (iv) Clause 5(a) which amends Clause XXI(1) of the principal Instructions; (v) Clause 7 which amends Clause XXVIIIA of the principal Instructions;
and
(b) Clause 3 which revokes Clauses XIII, XIV, XVI, XVII and XVIII of the
principal Instructions.
(5) In these Instructions "appointed day" has the same meaning as in the Hong Kong Letters Patent 1993.
2. Clause XIIA of the principal Instructions is amended—
(a) in paragraph (1)——
(i) by deleting the word "Elected" and substituting the word "the"; (ii) by deleting the words "a law" and substituting the word "laws"; (iii) by deleting the date "1991" and substituting the date "1995"; (b) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by deleting the word "Elected";
(ii) by deleting the words "a law" and substituting the word "laws"; (c) by adding after paragraph (2) the following paragraph—
“(3) Subject to paragraph (1)(b), as regards an election referred to in paragraph (1), voting in respect of constituencies of different descriptions or the election of different categories of Members of the Legislative Council may take place on different days.".
3. Clauses XIII, XIV, XVI, XVII and XVIII of the principal Instructions are revoked.
XVII and
XVIII of the
principal
Instructions.
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