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HONG KONG

THE HONG KONG ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS 1985

Dated:

ELIZABETH R.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS To Our Governor and Commander-

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.

We do hereby direct and enjoin and declare, Our Will

and pleasure as follows:-

Citation, construction, commencement and saving.

1. (1) These Instructions may be cited as the

Hong Kong Additional Instructions 1985 and shall be

construed as one with the Hong Kong Royal Instructions

of 1917 as amended (hereinafter called "the principal

Instructions").

(2) The Hong Kong Royal Instructions 1917 to 1984

and these Instructions may be cited together as the Hong

Kong Royal Instructions 1917 to 1985.

(3) The Legislative Council of Hong Kong may make

laws for giving effect to these Instructions and for the

holding of elections prior to the appointed date to elect

persons to be elected Members of the said Legislative

Council in accordance therewith but, until the appointed

date, nothing in these Instructions or the said laws shall

affect the membership or the powers and privileges of the

said Legislative Council as constituted and in force