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HONG KONG

LETTERS PATENT passed under the Great Seal of the Realm, amending the Letters Patent of the 14th of February, 1917, constituting the Office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies, and providing for the Government thereof.

Dated!

Mac 1950.

GEORGE THE SIXTH by the Grace of God of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas/King, Defender of the

Faith.

To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting! Whereas by Letters Patent under the Great Seal dated the fourteenth day of February, 1917, (hereinafter called "the Letters Patent of 1917"), as amended by Letters Patent dated the thirtieth day of April, 1938, and the twenty-ninth day of June, 1939, the Office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies is constituted, and provision is made for the Government thereof:

And whereas We are minded to amend the Letters Patent of 1917 in manner hereinafter appearing:

Now know ye that We do hereby declare Our will and pleasure as follows:

I. These Letters Patent shall come into operation on a date to be Commence- fixed by the Governor by Proclamation in the Hong Kong Government ment. Gazette.

II. The Letters Patent of 1917 shall have effect as if the following Amendment paragraph were added at the end of Article XIII thereof:-

"Nothing in this Article shall be construed as preventing the enactment of laws by the Legislature of the Colony regarding the making and execution of such grants and dispositions."

of Article XIII of the

Letters Patent of

1917.

III. We do hereby reserve to Ourselves, Our Heirs and Successors, Power to

full power and authority from time to time to revoke, alter of amend revoked, altuot

these Letters Patent as to Us or Them shall think fit.

In witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made

Patent.

Vextreml

Witness Ourself at Westminster this extumb

1950, in the Fourteenth year of Our Reign.

By Warrant under the King's Sign Manual.

day of

NAPIER

amend.

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Printed by His MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE PRESS, Drury Lane, W.C.2

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