Chapter VI
Legislation
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In order to implement the changes in the composition and method of selection of the Legislative and Executive Councils it will be necessary to make some amendments to the two main constitutional instruments, the Letters Patent and the Royal Instructions. The intention is to effect these in stages, as and when necessary.
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It will also be necessary to enact legislation in Hong Kong to cover the holding of elections to the Legislative Council by the electoral college and the functional constituencies. This legislation is now being drafted and will be published for debate in the Legislative Council early next year. As there is a
a degree of public familiarity with the legislation governing elections to the Urban Council and District Boards, and in order to minimise possible confusion and misunderstanding, the electoral legislation will be framed on broadly similar lines.
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In order to give sufficient time for preparation of this complex legislation and for all the necessary administrative arrangements for the holding of the elections to be made, it is now intended to hold the first electoral college and functional constituency elections to the Legislative Council in September 1985, instead of July as originally proposed in the Green Paper.
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