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1 1 we were to provide for the same kind of formal disqualification provision with regard to official members a question would arise.

whether they should also fall under this new clause. Perhaps that

is the most practical reason for excluding them from the new Clause

XVII.

Clause 9. I do not think there is a need for all the detail which

Hong Kong propose for XXIA and XXIB.

Clause 10. I think we should put election laws in the reserved

Hong Kong appears to accept this in their draft of Clause 2

clause.

of the additional instructions.

3. Although the matter does not arise on the present proposals, I

think you and Hong Kong should start thinking about whether the provisions of the Letters patent relating to the judiciary should

not be moved to a local law and whether a number of the provisions

of the Royal Instructions which relate to

relate to the way in which the

Legislative Council conducts itself should not be contained

exclusively within the standing orders of the Legislative Council.

Paul Fifoot

Deputy Legal Adviser

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