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Constitutin of
Legislative Council.
Official Members.
Unofficial Members.
Provisional appointments
in place of
Members absent,
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the Colony, the persons for the time being lawfully discharging the functions of Colonial Secretary, of Attorney-General, of Secretary for Chinese Affairs, and of Treasurer of the Colony, who are hereinafter referred to as ex officio Members, and of such other persons as at the date of the coming into operation of Our said recited Letters Patent are Members of the said Council, or as We may from time to time appoint by any Instructions or Warrant under Our Sign Manual and Signet, or as the Governor in pur- suance of Instructions from Us through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State may from time to time appoint under the Public Seal of the Colony."
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XIII. The Legislative Council of the Colony shall consist of the Governor, the Lieutenant-Governor (if any), the Senior Military Officer for the time being in Command of Our regular troops within the Colony, the persons for the time being lawfully discharging the functions of Colonial Secretary, Attorney-General, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, and Treasurer of the Colony, and such other persons holding office in the Colony, and not exceeding four in number at any one time, as at the date of the coming into operation of Our said recited Letters Patent are Official Members of the said Council, or
as We may from time to time appoint by any Instructions or Warrants under Our Sign Manual and Signet, or as the Governor, in pur- suance of Instructions from Us through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, may from time to time appoint by an Instru- ment under the Public Seal of the Colony, and all such persons shall be styled Official Members of the Legislative Council; and further of such persons, not exceeding eight in number at any one time, as at the date of the coming into operation of Our said recited Letters Patent are Unofficial Members of the said Council, or as the Governor, in pursuance of Instructions from Us through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, may from time to time appoint by an Instrument under the Public Seal of the Colony, and all such persons shall be styled Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council."
"If any Official Member of the Legislative Council cease to hold office in the Colony his seat in the Council shall thereupon become vacant."
'XIV. Whenever any Member other than an ex officio Member of the Legislative Council of the Colony shall, by writing under his hand, resign his seat in the Council, or shall die, or be suspended from the exercise of his functions as a Member of the Council, or be declared by the Governor by an Instrument under the Public Seal of the Colony to be incapable of exercising his functions as a Member of the Council, or be absent from the Colony, or shall be acting in an office the holder of which is an ex officio Member of the Council, or if his seat become vacant, or whenever any person shall be lawfully discharging the functions of more than one of the offices the holders of which are ex officio Members of the Council, the Governor may, by an Instrument under the Public Seal of the Colony, provisionally appoint in his place some person to be temporarily an Official or Unofficial Member of the Council, as the case may be."
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Every person so provisionally appointed shall forthwith cease to be a Member of the Council if his appointment is disallowed by Us, or revoked by the Governor, or superseded by the definitive appointment of an Official or Unofficial Member of the Council, or if the Member in whose place he was appointed shall return to the Colony, or shall be released from suspension, or shall be declared by the Governor by an Instrument under the Public Seal capable
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of again discharging his functions in the said Council, or shall cease to sit in the Council as an ex officio Member, or shall cease to discharge the functions of more than one of the offices the holders of which are ex officio Members of the Council, as the case may be.'
The Governor shall, without delay, report to Us, for Our Provisional confirmation or disallowance, through one of Our Principal Secre- appointments to
be immediately taries of State, every provisional appointment of any person as an
reported. Official or Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council."
Every such person shall hold his place in the Council during Revocation of Our pleasure, and the Governor may, by an Instrument under the such appoint- Public Seal, revoke any such appointment."
Given at Our Court at St. James's this.
, 1928, in the Nineteenth year of Our Reign.
day of
ments.
(2644) Wt. 8501-9 6,8 8,28 E. St. G. 3
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