HONG KONG.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong in regard to the precedence of Members of the Legislative Council thereof.
Dated 20th November, 1929.
GEORGE R.I.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS to Our Governor and Com- mander-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.
WHEREAS by certain Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Preamble.
Our Realm bearing date at Westminster the Fourteenth day of February, 1917, We did make provision for the Government of Our
14th February
Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies (hereinafter called the Recites Letters Colony) and did amongst other things declare that there should be Patent of a Legislative Council in and for the Colony which should consist of 1917. such persons as We might direct by Instructions under Our Sign Manual and Signet :
And whereas by Our Instructions under Our Sign Manual and Recites Instruc- Signet bearing date the Fourteenth day of February, 1917, We did tions of 14th constitute the said Legislative Council as therein is set forth, and February 1917. by the Twentieth Clause of the said Instructions did direct that the Members of the said Council should have such precedence as therein is set forth:
And whereas We are minded to make other provision in regard to the precedence of the Members of the said Legislative Council:
Instructions of
Now therefore We do, as from the date of the receipt in the Substitutes Colony of these Our Additional Instructions under Our Sign fresh Clause for Manual and Signet, hereby revoke the Twentieth Clause of Our said Clause XX of Instructions of the Fourteenth day of February, 1917, without pre- 14th February judice to anything lawfully done thereunder, and instead thereof 1917. We do direct and enjoin and declare Our will and pleasure that from the date of such receipt the aforesaid Instructions shall hence- forth be construed and take effect as if the following clause had
been inserted therein in place of the Twentieth Clause thereof :-
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XX. The Members of the Legislative Council shall take pre- Precedence of cedence as We may specially assign, and in default thereof, as Members. follows:-
(1) First, the Official Members in the following order :-
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(a) The ex officio Members in the order in which their offices are mentioned (except that the Senior Military Officer, if below the rank of Lieutenant- Colonel in Our Army, shall take precedence after the person lawfully discharging the functions of Attorney-General).
(b) Other Official Members according to the priority of their respective appointments, or if appointed by or in pursuance of the same Instrument, according to the order in which they are named therein.
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