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Recites

Instructions of

1917.

ADDITIONAL ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS-HONGKONG

And whereas by Our Instructions under Our Sign Manual an 14th February Signet bearing date the Fourteenth day of February, 1917, We did constitute the said Legislative Council as therein is set forth, and by the Twentieth Clause of the said Instructions did direct that th Members of the said Council should have such precedence as therein. set forth:

Substitutes

fresh Clause for Clause XX of

14th February, 1917.

And whereas We are minded to make other provision in regard the precedence of the Members of the said Legislative Council:

Now therefore We do, as from the date of the receipt in the Colon of these Our Additional Instructions under Our Sign Manual an Instructions of Signet, hereby revoke the Twentieth Clause of Our said Instructions

the Fourteenth day of February, 1917, without prejudice to anythin lawfully done thereunder, and instead thereof We do direct and enjoi and declare Our will and pleasure that from the date of such receip the aforesaid Instructions shall henceforth be construed and take effec as if the following clause had been inserted therein in place of th Twentieth Clause thereof :-

Precedence of Members.

XX.-The Members of the Legislative Council shall take precedend as We may specially assign, and in default thereof, as follows:-

(1) First, the Official Members in the following order:-

(a) The ex officio Members in the order in which their office

are mentioned (except that the Senior Military Officer, below the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in Our Army, shal take precedence after the person lawfully discharging th functions of Attorney-General).

(b) Other Official Members according to the priority of thei respective appointments, or if appointed by or in pursuance of the same Instrument, according to the order in which they are named therein.

(2) Secondly, the Unofficial Members in the following order :-

(a) The Unofficial Members who are also Members of the Executive Council of the Colony according to the precedence taken as between themselves as Members of the Executive Council.

(b) Other Unofficial Members according to the priority of thei respective appointments, or if appointed by or in pursuane of the same Instrument, according to the order in which they are named therein: Provided that any such Un official Member who is re-appointed immediately on the termination of his term of office shall as between himself and other Unofficial Members who are not also Members of the Executive Council take precedence according to the date from which he has been continuously a Member of the Legislative Council.

Given at Our Court at Saint James's this Twentieth day of Novem ber, 1929, in the Twentieth Year of Our Reign.