TNAG-0226-FCO40-262-Amendments-to-Letters-Patent-and-Royal-Instructions-of-Hong--1971 — Page 63

(3) These Our Letters shall be published in the long Kong

Government Gazette and shall come into operation upon the date

of such publication.

Replacement of Article XIV of

principal Letters

2. Article XIV of the principal Letters Patent is revoked and

replaced by the following

-

Patent.

"Governor empowered to appoint Judges and other public officers.

XIV.' The Governor may constitute and appoint

such Judges, Justices of the Peace and other public

officers as may be lawfully appointed, all of whom shall, unless otherwise provided by law, hold their

offices during Our pleasure.".

Amendment of Article XV of principal Letters Patent.

3.

Article XV of the principal Letters Patent is amended by deleting "in any court, or before any Judge or other Magistrate within the Colony, a pardon, either free or subject to lawful conditions, or any remission of the sentence" and substituting

the following -

by any com

land in the Cling (when then a count honnal estersted under an

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"in-the Colony, either free or subject to such

conditions as the Governor may think fit to

impose, a pardon or any remission of the sentence".

Pentiament)

Power reserved

to Her Majesty.

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

full power and authority to amend or revoke these Presents.

In witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be

made Patent.